Table. 1 Characteristics of participants
From: Do consumers ‘Get the facts’? A survey of alcohol warning label recognition in Australia
Unweighted data | Weighted dataa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 295 | 52.6 | 277 | 49.8 |
Female | 266 | 47.4 | 279 | 50.2 |
Age | ||||
18–24 | 98 | 17.5 | 132 | 23.7 |
25–34 | 190 | 33.9 | 200 | 35.9 |
35–45 | 273 | 48.7 | 224 | 40.4 |
Education | ||||
Less than tertiary | 317 | 56.5 | 314 | 56.6 |
Tertiary or above | 244 | 43.5 | 241 | 43.4 |
Frequency of binge drinking | ||||
Never | 185 | 33.0 | 180 | 32.5 |
Less than monthly | 240 | 42.8 | 246 | 44.3 |
Monthly | 85 | 15.2 | 83 | 15.0 |
Weekly | 43 | 7.7 | 39 | 7.0 |
Daily or almost daily | 8 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.2 |
Main alcoholic drink | ||||
Beer | 166 | 29.6 | 153 | 27.6 |
Wine | 155 | 27.6 | 150 | 27.1 |
Spirits | 115 | 20.5 | 119 | 21.5 |
Pre-mix | 86 | 15.3 | 96 | 17.2 |
Cider | 20 | 3.6 | 19 | 3.5 |
Other | 19 | 3.4 | 17 | 3.1 |
Drink directly from can or bottle | ||||
Never/not often | 170 | 30.3 | 168 | 30.2 |
At least sometimes | 391 | 69.7 | 388 | 69.8 |
Support for health warning labels | ||||
Neutral or opposed | 114 | 20.3 | 110 | 19.8 |
Support/strongly support | 447 | 70.7 | 445 | 80.2 |