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Table 2 The proportion of respondents who agree with various statements concerning alcohol and intoxication at football arenas. Proportions are shown for the overall sample and among frequenta and non-frequent visitorsb to football arenas

From: Public opinion on alcohol consumption and intoxication at Swedish professional football events

 

Overall sample

Frequent visitors to football arenas

Non-frequent visitors to football arenas

p c

Statementd

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

 

Alcoholics beverages should be sold at football arenas

26.1 (827)

46.1 (183)

23.2 (644)

<0.001

Medium strength beer should be sold at football arenas

42.9 (1357)

62.8 (247)

40.1 (1110)

<0.001

Full strength beer/wine should be sold at football arenas

23.3 (746)

40.6 (161)

20.9 (585)

<0.001

Hard liquor should be sold at football arenas

8.7 (281)

13.6 (54)

8.0 (227)

<0.001

Obviously intoxicated persons should be denied entrance to football arenas

93.1 (3047)

92.3 (373)

93.2 (2674)

NS

Obviously intoxicated spectators should be denied alcohol service at football arenas

94.7 (3093)

95.3 (385)

94.6 (2708)

NS

Obviously intoxicated spectators should be evicted from the arena

91.8 (2980)

89.6 (354)

92.1 (2626)

NS

There should be sections at football arenas where alcohol cannot be purchased

65.1 (1912)

50.0 (189)

67.4 (1723)

<0.001

The number of bars and booths selling alcohol at football arenas should be reduced

64.2 (1933)

44.8 (174)

67.1 (1759)

<0.001

More people would attend football matches if the number of obviously intoxicated spectators was reduced

71.0 (1994)

47.2 (175)

74.6 (1819)

<0.001

The atmosphere at the arena grandstand would improve if the number of obviously intoxicated spectators was reduced

77.5 (2276)

49.9 (194)

81.7 (2082)

<0.001

  1. aFrequent visitors were defined as participants who reported having attended a football match in the Swedish Premier Football League (SPFL) or the second highest division on one or more occasions during the past football season (i.e., the football season 2015)
  2. bNon-frequent visitors were defined as participants who reported not having attended a football match in the SPFL or second highest division during the past football season (i.e., the football season 2015). A total of 45 individuals who responded, “don’t know” were excluded from the analyses
  3. cComparisons between frequent and non-frequent visitors. NS: non-significant p values (i.e., ≥ 0.05)
  4. dRespondents who responded “no opinion” to a statement were excluded from that analysis. The analyses comprised between 2808 and 3274 individuals, respectively