Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s
This article compares Nordic drinking habit surveys and their results — a comparison previously done in 1988. It includes all the main surveys regarding drinking habits of the adult population in the Nordic countries since 1988. In addition the analysis takes in Italy and Germany. Drinking habits ar...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/145507259501201s12 2023-05-15T16:51:04+02:00 Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s Hanhinen, Sari 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/145507259501201s12 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/145507259501201S12 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Nordisk Alkoholtisdkrift (Nordic Alcohol Studies) volume 12, issue 1_suppl, page 14-30 ISSN 0789-6069 General Medicine journal-article 1995 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/145507259501201s12 2022-04-14T04:45:11Z This article compares Nordic drinking habit surveys and their results — a comparison previously done in 1988. It includes all the main surveys regarding drinking habits of the adult population in the Nordic countries since 1988. In addition the analysis takes in Italy and Germany. Drinking habits are described and compared on four dimensions: the share of abstainers and drinkers, overall drinking frequency, the volume of alcohol consumption, and heavy drinking and drinking for intoxication. The study highlights the difficulties inherent in the international comparison of drinking habits. The results indicate that even though the changes in beverage preferences imply a homogenization of drinking patterns, the homogenization hypothesis proves to be wrong when comparing the results concerning the shares of abstainers, drinking frequencies or distribution of alcohol consumption between women and men. Denmark still differs from the rest of the Nordic countries in these respects, being closer to central European countries like Germany. In the other Nordic countries traditional drinking patterns seem to persist despite the changes in beverage preferences. Closest to Denmark and central European countries stands Finland, where drinking frequency has been rising and where more alcohol is consumed than in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Looking at the previous comparison of Nordic drinking habits, it can be concluded that drinking habits are very open to changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Norway Nordisk Alkoholtisdkrift (Nordic Alcohol Studies) 12 1_suppl 14 30 |
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This article compares Nordic drinking habit surveys and their results — a comparison previously done in 1988. It includes all the main surveys regarding drinking habits of the adult population in the Nordic countries since 1988. In addition the analysis takes in Italy and Germany. Drinking habits are described and compared on four dimensions: the share of abstainers and drinkers, overall drinking frequency, the volume of alcohol consumption, and heavy drinking and drinking for intoxication. The study highlights the difficulties inherent in the international comparison of drinking habits. The results indicate that even though the changes in beverage preferences imply a homogenization of drinking patterns, the homogenization hypothesis proves to be wrong when comparing the results concerning the shares of abstainers, drinking frequencies or distribution of alcohol consumption between women and men. Denmark still differs from the rest of the Nordic countries in these respects, being closer to central European countries like Germany. In the other Nordic countries traditional drinking patterns seem to persist despite the changes in beverage preferences. Closest to Denmark and central European countries stands Finland, where drinking frequency has been rising and where more alcohol is consumed than in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Looking at the previous comparison of Nordic drinking habits, it can be concluded that drinking habits are very open to changes. |
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Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s |
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Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s |
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Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s |
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Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s |
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