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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.*

Title Page

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits

Acknowledgements

Highlights

      Basis of Findings
      Changes in Gambling Participation over Time
      Pathological and Problem Gambling
      Youth Gambling
      Community Impact of Casinos

Introduction

Chapter 1. Comparison Between the Results of the 1975 and 1998 National Surveys of Adult Gambling Behavior

      Methods
      Overall Prevalence Rates
      Demographics of Gamblers
      References

Chapter 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
      References

Chapter 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
      References

Chapter 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
      References

Chapter 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
      References

Appendix 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

 

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