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. 2023 Nov 4;24:101548. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101548

Table 1.

Summary statistics for selected drinking occasion characteristics in Great Britain, 2009–2019.


% of occasions with characteristic
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.