Comparing the New Zealand and Swedish national surveys of gambling and problem gambling

National surveys of gambling and problem gambling have recently been completed in New Zealand and Sweden. These studies are unique in that data collection was undertaken by official government statistical agencies, involved large, nationally representative samples, and attained high response rates....

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Published in:Journal of gambling studies 2004-10, Vol.20 (3), p.237-258
Main Authors: ABBOTT, Max W, VOLBERG, Rachel A, RÖNNBERG, Sten
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Adults
Aged
Attitude to Health
Behavior, Addictive - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cross cultural studies
Crosscultural studies
Epidemiology
Expenditures
Female
Gambling
Gaming machines
Humans
Life Style
Male
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
New Zealand
New Zealand - epidemiology
Pathological gambling
Pathology
Per capita
Polls & surveys
Poverty - statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Productivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Response rates
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Sex Factors
Social Class
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
Statistical analysis
Statistical data
Sweden
Sweden - epidemiology
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Summary:National surveys of gambling and problem gambling have recently been completed in New Zealand and Sweden. These studies are unique in that data collection was undertaken by official government statistical agencies, involved large, nationally representative samples, and attained high response rates. Comparison of the findings is facilitated by the use of similar procedures and instrumentation and is of interest in that both countries have similar per capita gambling expenditure and welfare states that have recently undergone major economic and social restructuring. Data on gambling participation, problem gambling prevalence and risk factors for problem gambling are presented and discussed. While there are a number of similarities and differences, the Swedish findings are more similar to those of an earlier national survey conducted in New Zealand during 1991. This suggests that risk factors are changing over time in relation to evolving patterns of gambling participation and attitudes towards gambling, a finding that has implications for future patterns of gambling and problem gambling in these and other countries.
ISSN:1050-5350
1573-3602
DOI:10.1023/B:JOGS.0000040278.08853.c0