Changes in Norwegian public opinion on alcohol policy, 2005-2012:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Elisabet E.Storvoll¹ 

关键词: alcohol policy;    public opinion;    attitudes;    support;   

DOI  :  10.2478/nsad-2013-0047

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsDuring the last two decades there has been a substantial liberalisation of Norwegian alcohol policy in terms of increased availability of alcohol. We have studied what happens with public support for alcohol control policies in a country where the policy is liberalised. First, we summarise the findings from previous Norwegian studies on changes in attitudes toward alcohol control policies. Second, we present new empirical analyses on changes in attitudes toward a broad spectre of policies in 2005–2012, and whether the pattern of change varied according to gender, age, education and alcohol use.DesignThe empirical analyses were based on self-reported attitudes toward Norwegian alcohol policies from nine web surveys conducted among 20–69-year-old Norwegians (N = 12 304).ResultsThe analyses showed increased support for a wide range of restrictive alcohol policy measures from 2005 to 2012 – both for measures that had been liberalised and those that had been stable. We found no substantial moderation by ge...

【 授权许可】

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