Table 2A.
Summary of Survey on Social Drinking Indicators
| Key words and phrases | serving alcohol at a party, planning a party, how to host a party, how much alcohol should I buy for a party, how much alcohol do I need for a party, and hosting a party/cocktail party/bachelorette/bachelor party/BBQ/dinner party/social event | ||
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| Source6 | Type of source: | Number of sources | Number of articles |
| Information webpage: | 6 | 14 | |
| Entertaining website: | 8 | 19 | |
| Canadian Provincial Liquor Boards: | 7 | 18 | |
| Entertaining Magazine: | 4 | 6 | |
| Newspaper Article: | 2 | 2 | |
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| Total: 5 | 27 | 59 | |
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| Country of origin | Canada: 27 USA: 17 Unknown: 15 |
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| Event specific information and recommendations | Number of events reviewed (N) | Public responsibility messages (%) | Standard drinks per person7 per event | Standard drinks per person7 per hour | ||||
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| Range | Mode | Mean | Range | Mode | Mean | |||
| Party (generic): | 24 | 71 | 1.25–9.00 | 3.00 | 4.5 | 1.00–2.50 | 1.25 | 1.50 |
| Cocktail party: | 11 | 55 | 1.50–9.75 | 2.50 | 3.75 | 0.75–5.00 | 1.25 | 2.00 |
| Dinner party: | 9 | 56 | 2.00–3.00 | 3.00 | 2.75 | 0.75–1.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Luncheon: | 6 | 100 | 1.50–3.00 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0.75–1.50 | 0.75 | 1.00 |
| Wedding: | 4 | 25 | 1.25–5.00 | na | 3.00 | 0.50–1.75 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Special event (milestone birthday, stag(ette): | 5 | 40 | 2.50–14.00 | na | 7.5 | 1.00–2.75 | na | 1.75 |
| Total (all events) | 59 | 63 | 1.25–14.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.50–5.00 | 1.25 | 1.50 |
* Factors mentioned by licensed vendors that affect the quantity of alcohol served include: length of event, time of day of the event, gender; with women drinking 25% less than men, cash or host bar, ethnicity, type of event, age group, and the food being served
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Many of the sources contained multiple articles. Data was collected from 59 articles, from a total of 27 sources.
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Number of drinks has been rounded to the nearest quarter drink