Availability of convenience stores and adolescent alcohol use in Taiwan: a multilevel analysis of national surveys

To examine the association between alcohol in school environments and adolescent alcohol use over the previous 6 months.



A multilevel logistic regression analysis of cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2004, 2005, and 2006 was performed.




A total of 52,214 students aged 11 to 19 years from 387 middle or high schools were selected from a nationally representative, multistage,