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Table 5.

Unstandardised (B) and standardised (β) coefficients based on multiple linear regression models predicting support for alcohol control policies.

	Group A						Group B
	Support on Restricting Availability			Support on Health information and treatment services			Support on Pricing			Support on Greater law enforcement
	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Gender (female)	0.240**	0.041	0.124	0.068*	0.032	0.045	0.190**	0.049	0.086	0.131**	0.036	0.085
Age (ref = 16–24)
25–34	0.119	0.069	0.049	0.153*	0.055	0.082	0.169*	0.081	0.063	0.495**	0.060	0.264
35–54	0.155*	0.059	0.080	0.162*	0.047	0.107	0.254**	0.071	0.113	0.474**	0.053	0.304
55–65	0.253**	0.071	0.099	0.210**	0.057	0.106	0.264*	0.080	0.092	0.579**	0.060	0.291
Country (England)	0.165*	0.070	0.049	−0.056	0.056	−0.021	0.085	0.081	0.023	−0.044	0.060	−0.017
Education (university+)	−0.099*	0.046	-0.050	−0.011	0.036	−0.007	0.166*	0.055	0.072	−0.185**	0.041	−0.115
Income (high)	−0.143*	0.053	-0.073	−0.205**	0.042	−0.136	−0.102	0.059	−0.046	0.076	0.044	0.049
Income (missing)	−0.122*	0.056	−0.055	−0.100*	0.045	−0.058	−0.006	0.068	−0.002	0.152	0.050	0.083
Occupation (high)	0.007	0.050	0.003	0.137*	0.040	0.090	0.070	0.058	0.031	−0.014	0.043	−0.009
Occupation (missing)	0.127*	0.057	0.052	0.104*	0.046	0.055	0.111	0.067	0.042	−0.116*	0.050	−0.062
Children (yes)	−0.020	0.044	−0.010	0.009	0.035	0.006	−0.065	0.054	−0.029	0.006	0.040	0.004
Drinking (harmful/hazardous)	−0.390**	0.042	-0.197	−0.070*	0.033	−0.046	−0.259**	0.049	−0.116	0.006	0.037	0.004
Encouraged to drink alcohol^a	0.184**	0.021	0.193	0.092**	0.016	0.124	0.054*	0.027	0.046	0.011	0.020	0.014
Unhealthy relationship^b	0.080**	0.022	0.076	0.049*	0.018	0.060	0.010	0.026	0.008	0.077**	0.019	0.099
Government responsibility^c	0.289**	0.020	0.318	0.282**	0.016	0.400	0.394**	0.022	0.403	0.113**	0.016	0.166
Model R²	0.301			0.260			0.242			0.132

**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05 level.

Would you say that people in Scotland/England are generally discouraged or encouraged to drink alcohol? (1 = strongly discouraged, 5 = strongly encouraged).

Would you say that people in Scotland/England have a very unhealthy or healthy relationship with relationship with alcohol (1 = very healthy, 5 = very unhealthy).

The government should do more to tackle the harm done by alcohol (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).