Table 2.
Percentage point changes in the prevalence and characteristics of off-trade only occasion types, 2009–2019a.
| Occasion type | % of occasions: All (off-trade)b |
Companions | Venue | Reason, purpose and motivation | Accompanying activities (including food) | Timing | Consumption | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2019 | Diff. | |||||||
| Quiet drink at home alone | 15.7 (22.5) | 19.6 (28.4) | +3.9 (+5.9) | No change | No change | Wind down (−5.3) | Chores or online shopping (−5.2) No food (+8.9) Meal (−8.6) |
<1 h (−6.4) Afternoon (+5.5) Evening (−5.0) Weekday (−5.4) Fri/Sat (+5.9) |
Wine (−10.1) |
| Family time at home | 10.3 (14.8) | 9.2 (13.4) | −1.1 (−1.4 | Family (−12.1) Partner (+12.5) |
No change | Quiet drink (+7.5) | No food (+8.9) Meal (−8.5) |
<1 h (−10.1) 1–4 h (+8.0) Weekday (−5.6) Fri/Sat (+10.3) |
Wine (−13.1) |
| Evening at home with partner | 28.9 (41.4) | 23.5 (34.1) | −5.4 (−7.4) | No change | No change | No change | No food (+7.1) Meal (−7.4) |
<1 h (−8.1) 1–4 h (+6.5) Afternoon (+5.3) Evening (−5.2) Weekday (−6.1) Fri/Sat (+7.0) |
Wine (−7.2) |
| Off-trade get together | 14.8 (21.3) | 16.6 (24.1) | +1.8 (+2.9) | No change | Own home (+9.2) Other home (−14.2) |
No change | Chores or online shopping (+10.7) Online leisure (+8.8) |
<1 h (−8.1) Evening (−5.6) |
Wine (−16.7) Spirits (+7.2) Cider (+6.9) |
a
Numbers in Diff. (difference) column and occasion characteristics columns are percentage point changes. Changes greater than five percentage points shown. Some names of characteristics have been abbreviated for space reasons. Changes in ‘other’ categories within characteristics are not shown as they are uninformative.
b
Percentage of all occasions outside brackets and percentage of off-trade only occasions inside brackets.