The Office of National Statistics Confirms the Trend Towards Home Drinking

Summary of Key findings; Circumstances in which people drank.

Home was the most frequently mentioned place where those who drank last week drank on their heaviest (or most recent) drinking day. Forty six per cent of men and 57 per cent of women had drunk alcohol in their own home in the previous week, and 8 per cent of male drinkers and 15 percent of female drinkers had been drinking in someone else’s home. A third of male drinkers (33 percent) had been in a pub or bar, compared with only one fifth (20 per cent) of female drinkers.

Among those who had had an alcoholic drink in the previous week, 10 per cent of men and 9 percent of women had been drinking alone on the most recent drinking day or the day when they had the most to drink. The most common companions for those drinking with other people were their spouse or partner (37 per cent of male drinkers and 44 percent of female drinkers) and friends (48per cent and 43 per cent respectively).

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