Side-loading prevalence and intoxication in the night-time economy

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dc.citation.volume15
dc.contributor.authorCameron M
dc.contributor.authorMiller P
dc.contributor.authorRoskruge M
dc.coverage.spatialNetherlands
dc.date.available2022-06
dc.date.available2021-12-21
dc.date.issued31/12/2021
dc.description.abstractAlthough pre-drinking has attracted considerable research interest, side-loading (any drinking occurring outside of licensed premises during a night out, and excluding drinking at home) is comparatively under-studied. In this paper, we investigate the prevalence of side-loading behaviour and intoxication in the night-time economy of Hamilton, New Zealand's fourth-largest city. Using a street-intercept survey conducted over six nights (n = 469) in March and April 2019, we found that 17.5% of research participants (82/469), and 19.9% of drinkers (82/413), had engaged in side-loading. Of those engaging in side-loading, the majority did so in a car (61.0%), with smaller proportions engaging in side-loading in the street (17.1%), a carpark (12.2%), or somewhere else (13.4%). Men were significantly more likely than women to engage in side-loading behaviour (p = 0.001). In linear models controlling for time of the night, day of the week, and demographic variables, side-loading was not statistically significantly associated with breath alcohol content. This contrasts with pre-drinking, which was associated with statistically significantly higher breath alcohol content. Our results suggest that side-loading might not be used as a method for drinkers to enhance intoxication, but instead as a means of sustaining a target level of intoxication during an evening.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished online
dc.format.extent100403 - ?
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028409
dc.identifierS2352-8532(21)00066-3
dc.identifier.citationAddict Behav Rep, 2022, 15 pp. 100403 - ?
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100403
dc.identifier.eissn2352-8532
dc.identifier.elements-id450690
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/16867
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.isPartOfAddict Behav Rep
dc.subjectIntoxication
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.subjectNight-time economy
dc.subjectPre-drinking
dc.subjectSide-loading
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychology
dc.titleSide-loading prevalence and intoxication in the night-time economy
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School
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