Unrecorded Alcohol Consumption in Finland 1997

The survey charted the extent of unrecorded alcohol consumption and production in Finland. First, the respondents were asked how often they drank alcohol and how often they had consumed pure alcohol or home-made alcohol, such as moonshine or home-brewed beer 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. Percentage of home-made, smuggled or privately imported alcohol out of all consumed alcohol was studied. The respondents were asked whether they knew somebody who had smuggled, sold or produced spirits, pure alcohol or moonshine in the previous 12 months, whether someone had offered to sell them and how many litres they had bought in the previous 12 months. The number of trips or cruises abroad was examined. The respondents were asked from how many of these trips they had personally imported alcohol, what kinds of alcoholic products they had brought and how many litres. Finally, the percentage of alcohol originally produced in Finland out of all personally imported alcohol was studied. Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, basic and vocational education, occupational group, employment status, annual gross income of the household, number of household members, household composition, region and municipality of residence, 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 1996 municipal elections.

本调查旨在梳理芬兰未登记酒类消费与生产的整体规模。首先，调查人员询问受访者在过去12个月内的饮酒频率，以及饮用纯酒精、私酿烈酒（moonshine）或自酿啤酒等自制酒类的频率。对于自行酿制酒类的受访者，要求其申报过去12个月内的酒类酿制总量（单位：升）。研究团队分析了自制、走私或私进口酒类在总消费酒类中的占比情况。调查人员还询问受访者，是否知晓他人在过去12个月内存在走私、售卖或酿制蒸馏酒、纯酒精或私酿烈酒的行为，是否有人向其推销此类酒类，以及受访者在过去12个月内购买的相关酒类升数。调查人员统计了受访者的境外出行及邮轮旅行频次，同时询问受访者有多少次此类出行是其亲自携带酒类入境，所携带的酒类产品品类及对应升数。最后，研究团队分析了芬兰本土生产酒类在个人进口酒类总量中的占比情况。本次调查的背景变量涵盖：受访者的性别、年龄、基础教育与职业教育背景、职业群体、就业状态、家庭年度总收入、家庭人口数、家庭构成、居住地区与市政辖区、户主职业群体；若调查开展时恰逢议会选举，则还包括受访者的议会选举第一、第二政党偏好，以及1996年市政选举的政党选择。