Table 1.
Summary statistics by food choice (meal consumed, snack only, no food) – off-trade occasions.
| Discrete variables | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food choice | Meal | No food | Snack | All |
| Individual characteristics | ||||
| Male | .550 | .643 | .601 | .592 |
| Female | .450 | .357 | .399 | .408 |
| Social class AB | .369 | .294 | .332 | .336 |
| Social class C1 | .206 | .207 | .189 | .203 |
| Social class C2 | .198 | .219 | .203 | .206 |
| Social class DE | .228 | .280 | .276 | .255 |
| Household income (<20k) | .229 | .290 | .279 | .259 |
| Household income (20k–35k) | .273 | .280 | .284 | .278 |
| Household income (20k–55k) | .253 | .214 | .200 | .229 |
| Household income (>55k) | .137 | .122 | .145 | .133 |
| Full-time worker | .454 | .479 | .478 | .467 |
| Other employment status | .546 | .521 | .522 | .533 |
| Children in the household | .261 | .298 | .335 | .288 |
| Gender composition of the drinking occasion | ||||
| Male alone | .085 | .201 | .156 | .138 |
| Female alone | .055 | .085 | .076 | .069 |
| Male pair | .047 | .085 | .058 | .062 |
| Female pair | .034 | .038 | .039 | .036 |
| Mixed pair | .393 | .326 | .320 | .356 |
| Male group | .024 | .032 | .033 | .029 |
| Female group | .019 | .018 | .026 | .02 |
| Mixed group | .374 | .233 | .336 | .318 |
| Companionship while drinking | ||||
| With family | .285 | .147 | .191 | .220 |
| With friends | .190 | .154 | .253 | .190 |
| With partner | .514 | .409 | .444 | .465 |
| With other | .025 | .019 | .027 | .023 |
| Mood of the occasion | ||||
| Wind down | .348 | .401 | .340 | .365 |
| To have time for themselves | .189 | .166 | .174 | .178 |
| Duration of the occasion (h) | ||||
| Duration (<1) | .305 | .378 | .289 | .327 |
| Duration (1–2) | .438 | .471 | .469 | .455 |
| Duration (>2) | .237 | .151 | .242 | .218 |
| Alcohol consumption (units) | ||||
| 0–2 | .144 | .237 | .197 | .186 |
| 2–3 | .223 | .209 | .193 | .212 |
| 3–5 | .133 | .156 | .134 | .141 |
| 5–12 | .330 | .290 | .310 | .313 |
| 12–20 | .097 | .071 | .100 | .089 |
| >20 | .073 | .037 | .066 | .059 |
| Main drinking beverage | ||||
| RTD | .016 | .018 | .020 | .018 |
| Spirits | .155 | .263 | .242 | .209 |
| Cider | .114 | .126 | .150 | .125 |
| Wine | .458 | .230 | .256 | .342 |
| Beer | .256 | .363 | .332 | .307 |
| Start time of the drinking occasion | ||||
| Morning | .012 | .027 | .022 | .019 |
| Lunch | .063 | .037 | .062 | .054 |
| Afternoon | .184 | .129 | .144 | .158 |
| Evening | .713 | .655 | .664 | .684 |
| Night | .028 | .152 | .108 | .086 |
| Day of the week | ||||
| Weekdays | .385 | .418 | .382 | .396 |
| Weekend | .422 | .438 | .458 | .434 |
| Sunday | .193 | .144 | .160 | .170 |
| Type of the occasion (off-trade) | ||||
| Socialize | .164 | .116 | .210 | .156 |
| Regular drink | .332 | .264 | .267 | .297 |
| Night cap | .039 | .124 | .087 | .077 |
| Quiet drink | .334 | .387 | .344 | .354 |
| Other type | .202 | .143 | .159 | .110 |
| Off-trade location | ||||
| Own home | .822 | .861 | .807 | .833 |
| Someone else's home | .159 | .109 | .171 | .144 |
| Other off-trade location | .053 | .044 | .053 | .050 |
| Activities while drinking (off-trade only) | ||||
| Watching TV | .532 | .559 | .568 | .548 |
| Internet-related activity | .274 | .240 | .319 | .271 |
| Games and leisure | .236 | .165 | .276 | .219 |
| Chores | .256 | .056 | .085 | .155 |
| Get ready | .016 | .016 | .021 | .017 |
| N | 16,839 | 12,340 | 6,779 | 35,958 |
Notes. RTD = ready-to-drink, eg cocktails.