Table 6.
Drinking participation equations, males (price indices results)
| Variables | Alcohol selection equation | Binge drinking selection equation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | Wine | Spirits | Beer | Wine | Spirits | |
| Linear time trend | −0.01*** | −0.01*** | −0.02*** | −0.01*** | −0.01*** | −0.01*** |
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
| Ln (beer price index) | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||||
| (0.07) | (0.06) | |||||
| Ln (wine price index) | 0.19 | 0.27** | ||||
| (0.13) | (0.11) | |||||
| Ln (spirit price index) | 0.15 | 0.31** | ||||
| (0.15) | (0.12) | |||||
| N | 59,251 | 59,251 | 59,251 | 59,251 | 59,251 | 59,251 |
See notes for Table 5. Results for income, education, employment status, and cohabiting are not shown but are included in the regression. The excise duty rate change in January 2008 is not controlled for in these results