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Table 1 Proportions of participants agreeing with seven ‘favourable’ propositions and seven ‘unfavourable’ propositions about possible impacts of Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) put to 1211 residents of 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) communities in a survey conducted in Queensland (Australia) in 2014–15

From: Alcohol management plans in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australian communities in Queensland: community residents have experienced favourable impacts but also suffered unfavourable ones

Variable name

Propositions (to avoid conditioned responses propositions were arranged in the survey according to the order specified by the number enclosed in brackets)

Proportion of participants who ‘agree’ (n responding)

p*

‘Favourable’ impacts

 f1

The AMP has helped make children safer in this community (6)

56% (1007)

<0.001

 f2

The AMP has made people more safe in this community (11)

53% (1019)

0.097

 f3

The AMP has reduced violence against women in this community (4)

49% (1017)

0.363

 f4

Since the AMP, violence has gone down in this community (5)

53% (1072)

0.024

 f5

Since the AMP, school attendance has gone up in this community (7)

66% (899)

<0.001

 f6

The AMP has been good for this community and made it a better place to live (1)

54% (1026)

0.012

 f7

People are more aware of harmful effects of alcohol/drinking now (since the AMP) (2)

71% (1057)

<0.001

‘Unfavourable’ impacts

 u4

The AMP has caused more people to get fined, criminal records and convictions (3)

90% (1064)

<0.001

 u1

There is more (not so much) gunjah being smoked in this community since the AMP (12) †

69% (944)

<0.001

 u3

There is more “binge drinking” now than before the AMP (13)

73% (1006)

<0.001

 u6

The AMP has discriminated against some people (14)

77% (1026)

<0.001

 u5

Police can’t (can) enforce the AMP effectively and stop the alcohol coming in (9) †

51% (1098)

0.365

 u7

The AMP has not (has) reduced the alcohol people can get in this community (8) †

58% (1118)

<0.001

 u8

The AMP has not (has) helped people change their drinking and they are (not) drinking less (10) †

56% (1076)

<0.001

  1. * One-sample test of proportions - stated proportion agreeing is different from a theoretical reference proportion of 50%, i.e. no majority agreeing/disagreeing
  2. † These propositions were put to participants with reverse logic but then reverse coded for analysis to reduce possible bias where participants’ views may have been led towards agreeing with some of the more critical and contentious unfavourable impacts