Special Eurobarometer 272b: Attitudes towards alcohol

In order to obtain a picture of EU citizens’ alcohol drinking habits and their attitudes towards measures potentially influencing alcohol related harm, the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General of the European Commission commissioned a poll on these issues. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in peoples’ homes, in their national language, between the 6th of October and the 8th of November 2006.
In this report, we will analyse first EU citizens’ alcohol drinking habits in terms of frequency and the amount consumed. Secondly, we will explore respondents’ estimations of the role of individual/public responsibility in the prevention of harmful consequences, and the influence of the price factor on alcohol consumption. Finally, we will look at citizens’ attitudes towards certain legal concepts which aim to prevent alcohol-related harm affecting vulnerable groups on the one hand, and also to alcohol related road accidents on the other hand.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer