Availability of convenience stores and adolescent alcohol use in Taiwan: a multi-level analysis of national surveys

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



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




A total of 52 214 students aged 11–19 years from 387 middle or high schools were selected from a nationally representative, multi-stage, stratified