Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption among Indian Female Adolescents

ABSTRACT This study has collected empirical studies, reviewed the data, and presented them in a single report to comprehensively understand the prevalence of alcohol consumption among Indian female adolescents. The findings indicate a dearth of studies on the issue; many studies have excluded females from being sampled. Those included have trivially explored and mentioned prevalence-related data in results or discussion sections only without much attention to spell out the findings per gender aspect. No specific emphasis has been given to female adolescents’ alcohol consumption in any of the studies reviewed. Half of these studies have reported less than 20% prevalence, and the remaining half have measured less than 7% of the prevalence rate for alcohol consumption among female adolescents in India. However, the dearth of studies indicates that the actual figure of alcohol prevalence among female adolescents in India would be much higher than that. Empirical studies mainly focused on female adolescents’ alcohol consumption are highly desirable.