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Drinking Place Selection Factors Among Drunk Drivers
Author(s) -
SNOW RONALD W.,
ANDERSON BRADLEY J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1987.tb01441.x
Subject(s) - friendship , entertainment , drunk drivers , advertising , psychology , environmental health , service (business) , trips architecture , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , poison control , drunk driving , social psychology , engineering , transport engineering , business , medicine , marketing , political science , law
Summary The present study examined the stated reasons for selecting drinking places among convicted drunken drivers (N=7,149). Six drinking place selection factors were identified: entertainment, ambience, facilities, friendship, avoidance, and service. Relationships between these factors and the sociodemographic characteristics and drinking locations of the respondents were examined to determine why different subgroups of drunk drivers make trips to specific types of drinking places. Younger drunk drivers were more likely than others to report that they select drinking places for entertainment, facilities, and avoidance. Entertainment and friendship were especially important reasons for selecting drinking places among unmarried respondents. Drinking‐related trip‐making to bars or lounges appeared to be influenced by the desire for entertainment, friendship, and facilities; while service and ambience were related to the frequency of drinking in restaurants, and avoidance was related to the frequency of drinking in automobiles and parking lots.