Study title

Unrecorded Alcohol Consumption in Finland 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD1235

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1235
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1235

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Österberg, Esa (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES). Alcohol and Drug Research Group)

Abstract

The survey charted the extent of unrecorded alcohol consumption and production in Finland. First, the respondents were asked how often they drank alcohol and whether they had consumed pure, home-made or smuggled alcohol in the previous 12 months. Those who had produced alcohol themselves were asked to state the amount (in litres) they had produced in the previous 12 months. Some questions focused on what percentage of the respondent's total alcohol consumption consisted of home-made, smuggled or privately imported alcohol.

The respondents were asked whether they knew someone who had smuggled pure alcohol/spirits or had produced moonshine (home-made illegal alcohol). Questions also covered whether someone had offered to sell the respondents these kinds of alcohol and how many litres they had bought in the previous 12 months. The respondents were asked how many trips or cruises abroad they had made and how often as well as how many litres and what kind of alcohol products they themselves had imported. The respondents' total alcohol consumption was charted, including what percentage consisted of privately imported alcoholic beverages or of alcohol consumed abroad.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, basic education, vocational education, economic activity and occupational group, employment status, annual gross income of the household, number and age of household members, household composition, province of residence, municipality type, occupational group of household head, primary and secondary choice of political party if parliamentary elections had been held at the time of the survey, and party choice in the 1999 parliamentary elections.

Keywords

alcohol smuggling; alcohol use; drinking behaviour; drinking offences

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Unrecorded Alcohol Consumption in Finland

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES). Alcohol and Drug Research Group

Time Period Covered

1999

Collection Dates

1999-10-24 – 1999-11-14

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 or over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability

Multistage stratified sample. FSD does not have more information on the sampling procedure used in the study.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variable identifying the postal code has been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Österberg, Esa (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)): Unrecorded Alcohol Consumption in Finland 1999 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2003-03-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1235

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Österberg, Esa (2002). Onko vuosi 2004 kohtalokas alkoholiveroillemme? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 67(3), 234-244.

Österberg, Esa (2005). Alkoholin kulutuksen kasvu Suomessa vuonna 2004. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 70(3), 283-294.

Nordlund, Sturla & Österberg, Esa (2000). Unrecorded alcohol consumption: its economics and its effects on alcohol control in the Nordic countries. Addiction 95 (Supplement 4), S551-S564.