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Table 4 Cumulative meta-analysis for alcohol price and income elasticities

From: Meta-analysis of alcohol price and income elasticities – with corrections for publication bias

Study/sample

Price elasticity (se)

Income elasticity (se)

Cumulative analysis: 50th percentile (no. obs. for price, income)

 beer (86, 76)

−0.29 (.02)

0.51 (.05)

 wine (89, 78)

−0.46 (.04)

0.99 (.08)

 spirits (91, 80)

−0.54 (.04)

1.00 (.06)

 alcohol (52, 38)

−0.49 (.05)

0.59 (.05)

Additional results: 25th percentile (no. obs. for price, income)

 beer (43, 38)

−0.26 (.03)

0.51 (.07)

 wine (44, 39)

−0.43 (.05)

0.83 (.11)

 spirits (46, 40)

−0.52 (.06)

0.83 (.07)

 alcohol (26, 19)

−0.46 (.08)

0.54 (.06)

Additional results: 75th percentile (no. obs. for price, income)

 beer (129, 113)

−0.33 (.02)

0.55 (.04)

 wine (134, 116)

−0.52 (.03)

1.09 (.07)

 spirits (136, 120)

−0.61 (.03)

1.14 (.05)

 alcohol (79, 58)

−0.51 (.04)

0.63 (.04)

  1. Data ordered from most precise (smallest std error) to least precise. Trimmed samples are used. Random-effects means with standard errors (se) in parentheses, all p-values < 0.001. Results obtained using CMA 2.0 [15].