Some Aspects of the Lifestyle of Respondents in the ELSPAC Study

Overview

The author were observed a group of children between 6 months and 5 years of age and habitsof their parents in 1991-1997. They focused attention on certain aspects of the lifestyle:1. in children: the age when the children tasted alcohol for the first time,2. in parents: drinking alcoholic beverages, smoking behaviour and sexual life habits,3. these parameters were compared between Brno and Znojmo groups.The observations showed that parents report the first tasting the alcohol in 4% of 18-month-oldchildren. There was no difference between the sexes and domicile. At the age of 5 years thepercentage increased to 20 %. It was more often in boys than to girls and more often in Brnothan Znojmo district. Drinking alcohol is increasing with the age of the parents, the number ofteetotallers and of those who drink alcohol only occasionally is decreasing. This is true both formen and women in both localities. The number of smoking men is growing with the age in bothregions. In women, there were differences found according to their domicila (in Znojmo,compared to Brno, we found a smaller number of heavy smoking women).The frequency of sexual intercourse is decreasing with age. In both regions there is an increasingnumber of respondents without sexual intercourse.

Key words:
ELSPAC - alcohol - smoking - sex.