November 2015 | December 2015 | January 2016 | February 2016 | March 2016 | April 2016 | May 2016 | |
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Unweighted number of cases (N) | |||||||
Female | 805 | 820 | 848 | 817 | 823 | 862 | 871 |
Male | 884 | 840 | 871 | 860 | 866 | 850 | 850 |
16–34 | 546 | 522 | 505 | 518 | 502 | 521 | 522 |
35–64 | 759 | 738 | 759 | 725 | 784 | 706 | 796 |
65+ | 384 | 400 | 455 | 434 | 403 | 485 | 403 |
Social grade AB | 332 | 376 | 416 | 366 | 371 | 420 | 420 |
Social grade C1C2 | 893 | 832 | 876 | 856 | 845 | 816 | 896 |
Social grade DE | 464 | 452 | 427 | 455 | 473 | 476 | 406 |
Non-drinker | 585 | 625 | 608 | 637 | 570 | 612 | 578 |
Low risk (<14 units per week) | 677 | 644 | 744 | 648 | 675 | 675 | 702 |
Increasing/high risk (14+units per week) | 178 | 189 | 189 | 195 | 200 | 232 | 200 |
Per cent of sample who are drinkers | |||||||
Female | 66.9 | 61.9 | 62.3 | 62.7 | 63.2 | 60.9 | 64.8 |
(63.3 to 70.2) | (58.4 to 65.3) | (58.6 to 65.5) | (58.6 to 65.8) | (59.2 to 66.1) | (57.5 to 64.3) | (61.5 to 68.0) | |
Male | 73.8 | 69.9 | 70.4 | 68.2 | 73.0 | 72.5 | 71.3 |
(70.5 to 76.8) | (66.4 to 73.2) | (66.9 to 73.6) | (64.6 to 71.6) | (69.7 to 76.1) | (69.2 to 75.6) | (68.1 to 74.4) | |
16–34 | 60.1 | 57.9 | 60.8 | 56.2 | 64.5 | 60.9 | 61.2 |
(55.6 to 64.6) | (53.3 to 62.4) | (56.1 to 65.3) | (51.4 to 60.8) | (60.0 to 68.8) | (56.5 to 65.1) | (56.8 to 65.5) | |
35–64 | 75.2 | 70.2 | 67.6 | 69.6 | 70.4 | 71.1 | 71.3 |
(71.8 to 78.2) | (66.6 to 73.6) | (63.9 to 71.0) | (65.9 to 73.1) | (66.9 to 73.6) | (67.6 to 74.5) | (68.0 to 74.5) | |
65+ | 73.9 | 67.5 | 70.9 | 68.5 | 66.6 | 64.8 | 70.3 |
(68.7 to 78.6) | (62.4 to 72.3) | (66.1 to 75.2) | (65.4 to 73.0) | (61.3 to 71.4) | (60.2 to 69.2) | (65.5 to 74.8) | |
Social grade AB | 79.7 | 77.1 | 79.9 | 80.9 | 81.9 | 81.9 | 81.7 |
(74.9 to 83.8) | (72.2 to 81.4) | (74.4 to 83.0) | (76.1 to 84.9) | (77.3 to 85.8) | (77.8 to 85.5) | (77.6 to 85.2) | |
Social grade C1C2 | 71.1 | 67.8 | 68.1 | 67.2 | 68.8 | 67.8 | 69.6 |
(67.8 to 74.3) | (64.3 to 71.1) | (64.6 to 71.4) | (63.6 to 70.6) | (65.4 to 72.1) | (63.3 to 70.1) | (66.4 to 72.7) | |
Social grade DE | 57.5 | 48.9 | 47.2 | 43.0 | 49.2 | 49.0 | 48.9 |
(52.5 to 62.4) | (44.0 to 53.8) | (42.2 to 52.4) | (38.0 to 48.2) | (44.6 to 54.0) | (44.3 to 53.7) | (47.2 to 51.0) | |
Per cent of drinkers who are aware of guidelines | |||||||
Female | 87.8 | 87.1 | 89.7 | 88.4 | 85.4 | 87.6 | 88.1 |
(84.5 to 90.5) | (83.8 to 89.8) | (86.6 to 92.2) | (85.1 to 91.1) | (82.0 to 88.3) | (84.4 to 90.2) | (85.2 to 90.6) | |
Male | 82.5 | 87.0 | 87.6 | 88.8 | 87.5 | 84.4 | 88.7 |
(79.0 to 85.5) | (83.7 to 89.7) | (84.6 to 90.1) | (85.7 to 91.3) | (84.3 to 90.2) | (81.1 to 87.3) | (85.6 to 91.1) | |
16–34 | 81.2 | 82.5 | 80.7 | 84.7 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 83.9 |
(76.0 to 85.5) | (77.4 to 86.5) | (75.4 to 85.1) | (79.7 to 88.6) | (73.6 to 83.4) | (73.3 to 82.8) | (79.2 to 87.8) | |
35–6 | 86.6 | 90.6 | 92.8 | 90.2 | 90.7 | 89.9 | 90.8 |
(83.2 to 89.3) | (87 to 5 to 92.9) | (90.2 to 94.7) | (87 to 1 to 92.6) | (87.9 to 93.0) | (86.8 to 92.4) | (88.0 to 93.0) | |
65+ | 86.2 | 84.5 | 89.8 | 89.7 | 87.3 | 86.1 | 88.6 |
(81.3 to 90.0) | (79.2 to 88.7) | (85.6 to 92.8) | (85.2 to 92.9) | (82.3 to 91.1) | (81.7 to 89.6) | (84.2 to 91.8) | |
Social grade AB | 93.1 | 92.9 | 95.0 | 95.5 | 93.5 | 94.3 | 92.3 |
(89.1 to 95.7) | (89.1 to 95.4) | (91.9 to 96.9) | (91.9 to 97.6) | (89.9 to 95.9) | (91.2 to 96.3) | (88.7 to 94.8) | |
Social grade C1C2 | 86.0 | 89.2 | 89.1 | 87.3 | 85.3 | 84.4 | 90.2 |
(82.8 to 88.7) | (86.0 to 91.7) | (86.1 to 91.6) | (84.1 to 90.0) | (81.8 to 88.2) | (80.9 to 87.3) | (87.4 to 92.4) | |
Social grade DE | 69.6 | 70.2 | 74.9 | 77.8 | 76.8 | 74.4 | 75.4 |
(62.9 to 75.6) | (63.3 to 76.3) | (67.9 to 80.8) | (70.8 to 83.6) | (70.5 to 82.1) | (67.7 to 80.1) | (68.8 to 81.0) | |
Low risk (<14 units per week) | 88.3 | 87.9 | 88.6 | 92.4 | 88.1 | 88.5 | 90.4 |
(85.5 to 90.7) | (85.1 to 90.2) | (85.9 to 90.8) | (89.9 to 94.3) | (85.3 to 90.4) | (85.8 to 90.7) | (87.8 to 92.5) | |
Increasing/high risk (14+units per week) | 91.7 | 96.5 | 96.0 | 97.2 | 94.3 | 88.0 | 95.0 |
(84.4 to 95.6) | (90.3 to 97.3) | (93.7 to 98.2) | (87.7 to 95.9) | (84.1 to 93.2) | (91.1 to 97.9) | (92.3 to 95.0) | |
Per cent of drinkers saying guideline was 14 units per week or less | |||||||
Female | 51.9 | 55.8 | 61.6 | 59.1 | 55.4 | 54.4 | 57.4 |
(47.0 to 56.7) | (51.1 to 60.4) | (57.1 to 66.0) | (54.3 to 63.7) | (50.9 to 60.0) | (49.8 to 59.0) | (53.0 to 61.6) | |
Male | 24.3 | 22.6 | 43.3 | 35.0 | 32.7 | 36.1 | 35.6 |
(20.5 to 28.4) | (18.9 to 26.7) | (38.9 to 47.8) | (30.5 to 39.9) | (28.7 to 36.8) | (32.0 to 40.4) | (31.6 to 39.9) | |
16–34 | 37.7 | 37.5 | 45.0 | 43.1 | 37.4 | 33.1 | 42.9 |
(31.8 to 43.9) | (31.5 to 44.0) | (39.0 to 51.2) | (36.7 to 49.7) | (31.8 to 43.2) | (27.8 to 38.8) | (37.1 to 48.9) | |
35–64 | 36.4 | 39.8 | 55.8 | 49.8 | 46.3 | 49.7 | 48.6 |
(31.8 to 41.2) | (35.3 to 44.5) | (51.0 to 60.5) | (44.8 to 54.8) | (41.8 to 50.9) | (45.0 to 54.3) | (44.2 to 52.9) | |
65+ | 40.7 | 36.8 | 52.8 | 44.1 | 45.0 | 48.3 | 44.8 |
(34.2 to 47.4) | (30.6 to 43.4) | (46.9 to 58.7) | (38.0 to 50.3) | (38.7 to 51.4) | (42.5 to 54.1) | (38.9 to 50.9) | |
Social grade AB | 43.4 | 46.0 | 55.7 | 53.7 | 49.6 | 54.0 | 48.1 |
(36.9 to 50.2) | (39.9 to 52.2) | (49.7 to 61.5) | (47.3 to 60.0) | (43.7 to 55.6) | (48.3 to 59.6) | (42.7 to 53.7) | |
Social grade C1C2 | 37.3 | 37.2 | 53.0 | 45.6 | 41.6 | 42.9 | 50.3 |
(33.1 to 41.7) | (32.8 to 41.7) | (48.6 to 57.4) | (41.1 to 50.2) | (37.4 to 45.9) | (38.5 to 47.4) | (46.0 to 54.5) | |
Social grade DE | 29.4 | 29.1 | 42.4 | 35.4 | 36.8 | 31.9 | 30.2 |
(23.2 to 36.4) | (22.8 to 36.2) | (35.0 to 50.2) | (28.1 to 43.5) | (30.6 to 43.5) | (25.8 to 38.7) | (23.9 to 37.3) | |
Low risk (<14 units per week) | 41.8 | 42.2 | 55.1 | 50.8 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 50.0 |
(37.6 to 46.0) | (38.1 to 46.4) | (51.2 to 58.9) | (46.6 to 55.0) | (44.7 to 52.8) | (44.6 to 52.6) | (46.1 to 53.9) | |
Increasing/high risk (14+units per week) | 29.2 | 28.7 | 50.7 | 45.8 | 35.2 | 40.3 | 43.2 |
(22.5 to 38.2) | (22.3 to 36.9) | (40.8 to 56.4) | (35.5 to 51.6) | (26.1 to 40.0) | (33.0 to 46.7) | (35.0 to 49.5) |
*All figures are percentages with 95% CIs in parentheses unless otherwise stated. Bold text indicates significant differences compared with December 2015 based on 95% CIs.