Self-interest and attitudes about legislation controlling alcohol.
A stratified random sample of 505 adult Indiana residents living in households with telephones was surveyed using random-digit dialing to assess their attitudes about nine specific legislative proposals to control drunk driving or underage drinking and to assess the effects of self-interest on those attitudes. A two-stage Mitofsky-Waksberg design was used in the computer-assisted telephone-interview process. There was widespread support for all nine proposals, but self-interest, related to personal vulnerability for enforcement of those measures, reduced the support of regular drinkers for drunk-driving controls compared with nondrinkers' support. Parents of children aged 18 and younger were less likely than nonparents to support imposing parental liability for the consequences of children's underage drinking.
Crowe
J W
JW
Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.
Bailey
W J
WJ
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012494:Sampling Studies