Table 1.
Summary of database review – 578 alcohol studies
| Review step | Results of data extraction |
|---|---|
| 1. |
Total alcohol-related studies retrieved in search: 578 studies |
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a. Excluded individual-level studies and alcohol-harms studies: 223 studies |
| 2. |
Demand studies examined for inclusion in meta-analysis: 355 studies |
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a. Excluded studies in Fogarty [4] or Gallet [5] or Wagenaar et al. [6]: 58. Reasons: taxation study–12; older data (pre-1950)–9; std. errors missing–8; prices missing /income only–9 firm/brand/varietal/survey data–10;duplicate study–3; and linear model or other reason–7. |
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b. Excluded aggregate studies in Wagenaar et al. [6]: 14. Reasons: taxation study–5; no. std. errors or no elasticities–5; and duplicate, older data or other–4. |
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c. Excluded individual-level studies in Wagenaar et al. [6]: 33 |
| 3. |
Remaining studies examined: 297 studies |
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a. Additional excluded studies: 115. Reasons: taxation study–5; std.errors missing–7; prices missing/income only–27; duplicate study–5; firm/brand/varietal/survey data–28; no elasticities reported–2; and linear model or poor data--22. |
| 4. |
Total studies containing aggregate elasticities: 182 (any alcohol beverage or total alcohol) |
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a. Included studies not reported in Fogarty [4] or Gallet [5]: 64 |
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b. Included studies not reported in Wagenaar et al. [6]: 135 |
| c. Type of publication for 182 studies: articles–127; chapters & books–17; reports–4; dissertations–8; working papers and reports–26 |
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| 5. |
Total primary studies analyzed by beverage |
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a. Comparable studies for beer elasticities: 112 (93 published, 19 unpublished) |
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b. Comparable studies for wine elasticities: 104 (89 published, 15 unpublished) |
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c. Comparable studies for distilled spirits elasticities: 111 (97 published, 14 unpublished) |
| d. Comparable studies for total alcohol elasticities: 66 (55 published, 11 unpublished) |