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Gambling Impact and Behavior Study
Report to the National Gambling Impact Study Commission
April 1, 1999
Submitted by
Dean Gerstein Sally Murphy Marianna Toce John Hoffmann Amanda Palmer Robert Johnson Cindy Larison Lucian Chuchro Tracy Buie Laszlo Engelman Mary Ann Hill Note: All linked files below are in PDF format.*
Basis of Findings
Changes in Gambling Participation over Time
Pathological and Problem Gambling
Youth Gambling
Community Impact of CasinosChapter 1. Comparison Between the Results of the 1975 and 1998 National Surveys of Adult Gambling Behavior
Methods
Overall Prevalence Rates
Demographics of Gamblers
ReferencesChapter 2. The Prevalence and Correlates of Gambling Problems among Adults
The Social Construction of Psychiatric Tools
Measuring Gambling Problems
- Adopting the South Oaks Gambling Screen in population research
- Validating the South Oaks Gambling Screen
- The eclipse of the South Oaks Gambling Screen
- Emergence of a new standard: The DSM-IV
Development of the NORC DSM Screen for Gambling Problems
- Validity and reliability of the NODS
- The NODS typology
- The role of timeframe
Patron Survey
Prevalence Rates
Regional Differences and Availability
Attitudes Toward Gambling
Correlation with Other Disorders
Gambling Expenditures
Assessing Problem and Pathological Gambling in the Future
ReferencesChapter 3. Economic Analysis of the Consequences of Gambling Problems among Adults
Prior Studies on the Costs of Gambling
Costly Consequences of Gambling
- Employment-related impacts
- Bankruptcy, debt, unemployment insurance and welfare
- Criminal justice costs
- Divorce
- Health care
- Mental health care
- Treatment for pathological gambling
- Total costs of pathological gambling
Summary
Annex 1: Description of Outcome Variables
Annex 2: Description of Explanatory/independent Variables
Annex 3: Methodological Notes for Costs
ReferencesChapter 4. Gambling among 16- and 17-year-old Youths
Chapter 5. Impacts of Casino Proximity on Social and Economic Outcomes, 1980-1997: a Multilevel Time-series Analysis
Data
Methods
Results
ReferencesChapter 6. Case Studies of the Effect on Communities of Increasing Access to Major Gambling Facilities
The Communities
- Types of gaming
- Economic outcomes
- Other social benefits and costs
- Problem gambling
- Public opinion regarding gambling
Case Study One: Florissant
- Our respondents
- Gaming in Florissant
- Community changes
- Current community issues
- Public views on gaming
Case Study Two: Hansen
- Our respondents
- Gaming in Hansen
- Community changes
- Current community issues
- Public views on gaming
ReferencesAppendix A. Development of Questionnaires for the National Random-digit-dial, Patron-intercept, and Self-administered Surveys [560KB]
Appendix B. Sampling and Weighting Methodology for the RDD and Patron Surveys and the Community Database [305KB]
Appendix C. Case Studies of the Effect on Communities of Increasing Access to Major Gambling Facilities [703KB]
Appendix D. Detailed Data Tables [1MB]
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See also: The National Gambling Impact Study Commission