Table 1.
Focus group | Group type a | Group composition b | Age range | Alcohol units in past week |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Students | Mixed (3F 2M) | 20–21 | 20–51 |
2 | Manual workers | Single (4F) | 19–25 | 0–14 |
3 | Students | Mixed (2F 2M) | 18–21 | 0–35 |
4 | Manual workers | Mixed (4F 2M) | 22–27 | 8–31 |
5 | Niche venue attenders | Mixed (2F 2M) | 20–24 | 22–31 |
6 | Professional workers | Single (4F) | 25–28 | 9–22 |
7 | Students | Mixed (1F 3M) | 20–22 | 52–110 |
8 | Students | Single (4F) | 20–21 | 9–31 |
9 | Niche venue attenders | Mixed (3F 1M) | 21–23 | 12–74 |
10 | Professional workers | Mixed (2F 2M) | 24–29 | 19–52 |
11 | Niche venue attenders | Mixed (3F 1M) | All 22 | 21–63 |
12 | Students | Mixed (1F 4M) | 18–21 | 17–25 |
13 | Manual workers | Single (4M) | 23–27 | 7–48 |
14 | Manual workers | Single (5M) | 23–29 | 42–120 |
15 | Mainstream venue attenders | Mixed (1F 3M) | 18–26 | 0–48 |
16 | Mainstream venue attenders | Mixed (2F 3M) | 19–27 | 1–50 |
17 | Professional workers | Mixed (1F 3M) | 22–29 | 21–50 |
18 | Student Group | Mixed (1F 3M) | 18–23 | 0–40 |
19 | Niche venue attenders | Mixed (1F 3M) | 23–27 | 6–40 |
20 | Bar Workers | Mixed (4F 1M) | 21–29 | 2–27 |
21 | Catering Workers | Mixed (3F 1M) | 21–25 | 14–45 |
These categorisations should be considered as giving a ‘flavour’ of the group as a whole; some could have been categorised in multiple ways (e.g. niche venue attenders but also containing some university students).
F female; M male.