Artikel

• Published in: Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT 2005-10, Vol.22 (5), p.305-315
• Main Authors: Sabroe, Knud-Erik, Sabroe, Svend, Laursen, Lau
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1455-0725; 1458-6126
• DOI: 10.1177/145507250502200510

In 2002, an extensive follow-up of a 1996 alcohol survey was undertaken in Denmark. A mail-distributed questionnaire was sent to a representative population of 3120 adult Danes with a response rate of 56.4%. The questionnaire comprised 37 questions on alcohol (subdivided) and 6 on illegal substances. The present article focuses on three questions on the compulsory treatment for alcoholics and one question about the compulsory removal of children from alcoholic families. The results show a that a majority of 53% support compulsory treatment of alcoholics and that percentages as high as 80, 83 and 79% are supporting respectively compulsory treatment of pregnant alcoholics, alcoholics who have children, and compulsory removal of children from alcoholics. The results are broken down according to sex (no differences), age (no differences), education (the higher the education the less support, but still a majority) and economics (the better economy the less support, but still a majority). For average consumption the results demonstrate a correlation between high consumption and low levels of support for compulsory treatment, while a majority of those respondents who themselves drink more than 21 units per week disapproved of compulsory treatment. The survey responses on the issue of the removal of children from alcoholics demonstrate a considerable rise in restrictiveness since 1996.