AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2009 May;28(3):263-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00027.x.
Drawing on 16 items in the 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS), the paper explores the degree to which Australian public opinion towards different alcohol policies cohere or diverge, and the social location of support for and resistance to more restrictive alcohol controls. Variations in support for particular policies by demographic groups, across states and territories and among those with difference drinking patterns are explored. The extent and direction in which attitudes have changed over time was determined.
Sixteen items from the 2004 NDSHS were subjected to factor analysis. Both a single factor and a four-factor solution were derived and became the dependent variables for state/territory comparisons and multiple regression analyses determining the predictive power of respondents demographics and drinking behaviour. Trends over time in alcohol policy attitudes used the 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004 NDSHS.
More severe penalties against drink driving and stricter laws against serving customers who were drunk had the strongest support while policies that controlled accessibility to alcohol such as reducing trading hours received the least support. For all policies support was greater among females, older respondents and those drinking less. The individual's drinking pattern was as strong, and in some cases a stronger predictor of support than gender and age.
While support for the majority of the alcohol policies decreased over the 11-year period since 1993, attitudes may be influenced and changed over a shorter period of time.
本文利用 2004 年全国毒品策略家庭调查（NDSHS）中的 16 项指标，探讨了澳大利亚公众对不同酒精政策的看法是否一致或存在分歧，以及对更严格的酒精控制措施的支持和抵制的社会定位。本文还探讨了不同年龄、性别、饮酒模式的人群对特定政策的支持程度的变化情况。本文还确定了随着时间的推移，态度变化的程度和方向。
对 2004 年 NDSHS 的 16 项指标进行了因子分析。得出了一个单一因素和四个因素的解决方案，这两个解决方案成为了州/领地比较和多元回归分析的因变量，这些分析确定了受访者的人口统计学和饮酒行为的预测能力。使用 1993 年、1995 年、1998 年、2001 年和 2004 年 NDSHS 来研究随着时间的推移，酒精政策态度的趋势。
对酒后驾车者实施更严厉的处罚和对向醉酒顾客提供服务实施更严格的法律的支持最强，而控制酒精供应渠道（如减少营业时间）的政策则得到的支持最少。在所有政策中，女性、年龄较大的受访者和饮酒较少的受访者的支持率更高。个人的饮酒模式与性别和年龄一样，甚至在某些情况下，是支持的更强预测因素。
尽管自 1993 年以来的 11 年期间，大多数酒精政策的支持率有所下降，但态度可能在更短的时间内受到影响和改变。
