Table 1.
Summary statistics for selected drinking occasion characteristics in Great Britain, 2009–2019.
| % of occasions with characteristic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| All | 604,578 | 64,311 | 61,232 | 59,988 | 60,404 | 57,631 | 57,196 | 55,663 | 54,350 | 44,276 | 45,984 | 43,543 |
| Trade sector | ||||||||||||
| Off-trade | 417,219 | 69.7 | 71.3 | 70.1 | 68.7 | 68.8 | 68.1 | 68.0 | 67.9 | 68.3 | 68.6 | 68.9 |
| On-trade | 121,581 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 20.7 | 20.8 |
| Mixed | 65,778 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Sex composition | ||||||||||||
| Mixed sex group | 220,065 | 36.7 | 36.3 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 34.6 | 35.5 | 37.0 |
| Mixed sex pair | 212,203 | 37.3 | 37.2 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 35.5 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 31.3 |
| Male alone | 65,006 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| Companions | ||||||||||||
| Partner | 275,586 | 46.7 | 47.0 | 47.5 | 46.3 | 45.4 | 45.6 | 45.4 | 44.3 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 43.5 |
| Friends | 165,114 | 27.5 | 26.4 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 27.6 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 26.1 | 26.9 |
| Family | 132,833 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 20.2 | 21.0 | 20.1 |
| Venue | ||||||||||||
| Own home (off-trade) | 400,077 | 65.7 | 67.5 | 65.8 | 65.7 | 66.5 | 66.1 | 66.0 | 66.2 | 66.4 | 66.5 | 65.7 |
| Other's home (off-trade) | 70,195 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 10.0 |
| Traditional pub (on-trade) | 65,649 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| Modern bar (on-trade) | 31,904 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Multiple venues (on-trade) | 25,404 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Purpose of occasion | ||||||||||||
| Quiet drink (off-trade) | 146,289 | 22.0 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 25.2 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 24.8 |
| Regular drink (off-trade) | 146,045 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 23.7 | 25.7 | 24.6 |
| Other (on-trade) | 84,619 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| Sociable (on-trade) | 42,182 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| Food eaten | ||||||||||||
| None | 222,302 | 33.8 | 36.1 | 35.2 | 36.4 | 36.1 | 36.6 | 36.7 | 37.3 | 38.8 | 40.2 | 39.7 |
| Snack | 95,514 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 15.3 |
| Meal | 286,762 | 50.5 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 46.8 | 48.1 | 47.6 | 47.2 | 46.6 | 46.2 | 44.3 | 45.0 |
| Duration | ||||||||||||
| Less than 1 h | 175,623 | 32.0 | 32.4 | 30.7 | 29.3 | 30.0 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 25.5 | 25.9 |
| 1–4 h | 340,749 | 54.6 | 54.6 | 55.1 | 55.8 | 55.6 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 57.1 | 57.5 | 60.1 | 59.9 |
| 4–7 h | 72,844 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
| Start-time | ||||||||||||
| Evening | 389,192 | 66.5 | 66.1 | 66.2 | 65.0 | 64.8 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 64.3 | 64.1 | 61.1 | 60.0 |
| Afternoon | 106,111 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 20.3 | 20.8 |
| Lunchtime | 50,926 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| Day of week | ||||||||||||
| Mon – Fri (17:00) | 242,038 | 42.0 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 40.3 | 39.5 | 39.1 | 39.0 | 38.6 | 38.3 | 38.3 |
| Fri (17:00) – Sat | 261,911 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 42.1 | 42.3 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| Sunday | 100,629 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.5 |
| Units of alcohol consumed | ||||||||||||
| 0.0–2.0 | 96,497 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 16.8 |
| 2.0–3.5 | 122,382 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 18.6 | 18.4 |
| 3.5–5.0 | 86,107 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| 5.0–12.0 | 194,805 | 32.8 | 33.1 | 32.9 | 33.3 | 32.2 | 32.3 | 31.7 | 31.6 | 32.3 | 30.7 | 30.6 |
| 12.0–20.0 | 60,709 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 11.3 |
| >20.0 | 44,078 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 9.1 |
| Predominant beverage | ||||||||||||
| Beer | 211,297 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 34.2 | 34.7 | 34.8 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 36.6 | 35.0 |
| Wine | 206,140 | 38.8 | 37.7 | 37.4 | 34.6 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 33.3 | 32.5 | 30.8 | 28.9 | 28.9 |
| Spirits | 120,314 | 18.4 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 21.8 | 23.6 |
1Selection of variables based on authors' assessment of their importance. Selection of categories within variables based on the highest prevalence categories within each variable and trade sector. See Appendix B, Table B1 for full data. Categories labelled off-trade or on-trade relate to those trade sectors only.