title: Who are the young adult Danish pre-drinkers, and why do they pre-drink before a night out?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reveal young Danes' main motive for pre-drinking and whether their motives and socio economic status can explain how much they pre-drink on an event-specific night out.
  
  
  METHODS
  A binary logistic and negative binomial regression models were used on a survey of 670 Danes (aged 18-35 years) conducted on-site in 24 bars, clubs and pubs in four cities and towns in Denmark.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Young males drink on average 12.3 and females 9.3 standard units (defined as 8 g of pure ethanol) of alcohol before a night out. Pre-drinking to be social is the most prevalent motive. Although lower income levels cannot explain whether a young person will pre-drink on an event-specific night out, young people's income level and their motives explain the quantities they consume. Lower-earning males who pre-drank to save money consumed larger quantities of alcohol at home, but lower-earning females pre-drank larger quantities because they wanted to be out of control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Not only young people's motives for pre-drinking but also the price of off- and on-premises alcohol should be considered for outlining prevention strategies seeking to reduce the alcohol quantities that young people pre-drink before a night out.
authors.affiliation: The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark jea@sfi.dk.
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Østergaard
authors.affiliation: The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Stefan Bastholm
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Andrade
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000191:economics; D003132:Commerce; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012147:Restaurants; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol; event-specific surveys; motives; pre-drinking; young people