{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Designing and implementing an experimental survey on knowledge and perceptions about alcohol warning labels.
{Author}: Correia D;Tran A;Kokole D;Neufeld M;Olsen A;Likki T;Ferreira-Borges C;Rehm J;
{Journal}: Int J Methods Psychiatr Res
{Volume}: 33
{Issue}: 2
{Year}: 2024 Jun
{Factor}: 4.182
{DOI}: 10.1002/mpr.2016
{Abstract}: OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the design and implementation of an online survey experiment to investigate the effects of alcohol warning labels on alcohol-related knowledge, risk perceptions and intentions.
METHODS: The survey collected self-reported data from 14 European countries through two waves of data collection with different recruitment strategies: dissemination via social media and public health agencies was followed by paid-for Facebook ads. The latter strategy was adopted to achieve broader population representation. Post-stratification weighting was used to match the sample to population demographics.
RESULTS: The survey received over 34,000 visits and resulted in a sample size of 19,601 participants with complete data on key sociodemographic characteristics. The responses in the first wave were over-representing females and higher educated people, thus the dissemination was complemented by the paid-for Facebook ads targeting more diverse populations but had higher attrition rate.
CONCLUSIONS: Experiments can be integrated into general population surveys. Pan-European results can be achieved with limited resources and a combination of sampling methods to compensate for different biases, and statistical adjustments.