Hur är ungdomars förhåll-ningssätt till krogbesök? En kvalitativ intervjustudie

Abstract

This paper is about finding out why minors are visiting pubs, and what it is that determines which pubs they opt to visit. To catch this, a qualitative approach is applied, specifically Fo-cus group interviews. There are interviews with a total of 10 informants. The informants come from two different schools in Gothenburg. There are six boys and four girls. Everyone is 17 years old.

The earlier research on the subject is, for instance, why people are visiting pubs, why young people drink alcohol, what music means for young people, and why young people are staying in public spaces.

The theoretical conceptions and also keywords are: Social identity, Social identity processing, Potentization, Symbolic capital, Symbols, Experience capital and Group culture.

The results shows that social interaction is the most essential factor for pub visits, many per-sons describe it as a meeting place. Moreover it turned out that the alcohol aspect and also the excitement are two important factors for pub visits. To “pick up” and the music had also cer-tain importance, but it was diminutive. The pubs that you choose to visit are, for instance, those which are cheap and where the age of the audience is akin your own. Furthermore, it depends on your mood. The pubs you choose not to visit are, for instance, those with low prominence and those with considerably older audience.