ALCOHOL OUTLET: THE CASE STUDY OF A SELECTED UNICIPALITY IN SONGKHLA PROVINCE
Keywords:
Alcohol Outlet Density, Physical Characteristics, Social Environment, PatternAbstract
This survey research aimed to study the physical characteristics, social environment and patterns of alcohol outlets in urban areas. The population of this study was alcohol outlets. Data collection was done in March 2020. The tools of the study were a case record form for the physicality, and observation form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and non-parametic statistics as Kruskal-Wallis Test.
The results found that there were 170 alcohol outlets throughout the municipality, distributed in clusters. The density of alcohol outlets per total population is equal to 4.28 per 1,000 people and the density of alcohol outlets per area is equal to 4.83 per square kilometer. When classified by community, the highest density per 1,000 population was found at 13.06, and the highest density according to geographic area size was 27.65 per square kilometer, which is a high density. The outlet structures are similar in characteristics between townhouses and detached houses, totaling 87 and 71 shops, or 51.2% and 41.8%, respectively. Grocery stores are 58.2 %. Beer and liquor are the drinks with the highest sales, similar in every community. Restaurants and food courts sell the widest variety, with 9 types. There is the sale of alcoholic beverages in bakery shops and milk/tea shops, with an opening and closing time of 12.67 ± 2.71 hours per day. The group of stores has an average difference in opening and closing hours that is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. The research shows that people have accessing alcoholic beverages. Therefore, there should be concrete control measures to prevent the impacts that may occur due to drinking alcoholic beverages.
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