Table 1.
Alcohol Policy Descriptions (Number MSAs = 40)
| Mean In 1994 |
Mean In 2004 |
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| Price and availability | Definition | ||
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| Real beer price | ACCRA price of a six pack of beer in $1982–1984 | 3.885 | 3.608 |
| Liquor outlets | Number licensed liquor outlets per 1000 pop. | 1.250 | 1.167 |
| Percent dry | Percent of state population living in dry counties | 0.358 | 0.273 |
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| Keg and open container laws | |||
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| Keg info required | State requires information regarding purchaser's id or location before purchase of keg | 0.200 | 0.375 |
| Keg deposit* | Keg deposit in dollars (range = 0 to $75) | 0.000 | 3.750 |
| Prohibit unlabeled keg | State prohibits possession of an unlabeled keg or destroying the label on a keg | 0.200 | 0.350 |
| Open container federal standard | State open container laws conform to federal standard | 0.000 | 0.050 |
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| Drunk Driving Laws | |||
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| BAC .08 | Blood alcohol content level of 0.08 | 0.176 | 0.962 |
| Drivers license loss age 18 or 19 | State penalty for underage drinking and driving is loss of drivers license until age 18 or 19 | 0.300 | 0.200 |
| Drivers license loss age 21 | State penalty for underage drinking and driving is loss of drivers license until age 21 | 0.400 | 0.550 |
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| Serving and Selling Laws | |||
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| Count of fake ID support* | Number of support provisions for retailers for identifying fake ids (range=0 to 4) | 1.900 | 2.250 |
| Age 21 to serve or sell** | State specifies a minimum age of 21 to sell or serve alcohol | 0.050 | 0.050 |
| Mandatory training | State requires mandatory beverage service training for employer or server | 0.150 | 0.300 |
| Incentives for voluntary training | State provides incentives for voluntary beverage service training | 0.150 | 0.300 |
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| Sunday Sales | |||
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| Sunday ban | State bans sale of all types of alcohol on Sunday | 0.200 | 0.150 |
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| Underage laws | |||
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| Possession exception | State has exceptions to underage possession laws | 0.450 | 0.650 |
| Furnishing exception | State has exceptions to furnishing to minors laws | 0.550 | 0.550 |
| Hosting exception | State has exceptions to hosting laws | 0.250 | 0.337 |
| Count of exceptions | Count of number of exceptions to underage laws (range=0 to 3) | 1.250 | 1.537 |
| Hosting policy | State has a policy regarding hosting underage parties | 0.500 | 0.587 |
*
Variable dichotomized for TPCA analysis.
**
There is variation in this variable when considering all 50 states, thus this variable is included in the TPCA but is not used in the policy-specific models.