Changes in the dollar value of per capita alcohol, essential, and non-essential retail sales in Canada during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple survey reports suggest that alcohol use has increased in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, less is known about how per capita alcohol sales, which predict population-level alcohol use, have changed and whether changes in alcohol sales differ from changes in sales of other products due to pandemic factors.

Methods

We obtained monthly retail sales data by industry from Statistics Canada, for the six largest provinces in Canada (containing 93% of the national population), between January 2010 and November 2020, representing time before and 9 months after the start of the pandemic in Canada. We used an interrupted time series analysis to estimate pandemic impacts on the dollar value of monthly per capita (per individuals 15+ years) alcohol, essent

SUBMITTER: Myran DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8613522 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature