From: New Zealand’s new alcohol laws: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation
PART 1 Policy objective: Improve public input into licensing decisions | ||
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Measure | Data | Analysis |
• Change in proportion of residents participating in local decision-making | National surveys 2014 & 2017 | Comparison of proportions (χ 2 tests) |
• Change in objections per application for licence to sell alcohol | TA & ARLA data | Negative binomial regression |
• Influences on and satisfaction with local decision-making | Interviews with iwi and community groups, telephone survey of TAs, document analysis | Qualitative |
• Number of LAPs adopted/being developed by mid-2017 | ARLA registry, telephone survey of TAs | Descriptive, logistic regression |
PART 2 - Policy objective: Reduce alcohol availability | ||
Measure | Data | Analysis |
Change in: | ||
• outlet numbers and density | Geographic information system (Ministry of Justice data) | Negative binomial/Poisson regression |
• maximum trading hours permitted and total weekend late-night trading hours | Telephone survey of TAs, document analysis, Ministry of Justice data | Descriptive and Negative binomial/Poisson regression |
• use of one-way door restrictions | Telephone survey of TAs, document analysis | Descriptive |
PART 3 - Policy objective: Minimise alcohol-related harm | ||
Measure | Data | Analysis |
Change in the prevalence/incidence of: | ||
• hazardous drinking & personal adverse effects | AUDIT & harm items in national surveys 2014 & 2017 | Comparison of proportions (χ 2 tests) |
• secondhand & community amenity effects | SHE & CAE items in national surveys 2014 & 2017 | |
• late-night assaults per month | Police data | Negative binomial/Poisson regression |
• weekend hospitalisations for assault per month | National Minimum Dataset | |
• alcohol-involved traffic crashes per month | Police data |