SWELOGS a longitudinal study on Gambling and Health

SWELOGS a longitudinal study on Gambling and Health A presentation of some results based on the first data collection Ulla Romild, Ph D in Statistics

Contents Gambling in Sweden Cluster Analysis The different categories The future

Sampling and methods for data collection Sample 15 000 individuals, aged 16-84 Data collection Telephone interviews from October 2008 until April 2009 Questionnaires sent by post to those not reached by telephone (data collection closed in August 2009) Respondents Around 8 200, responded (the weighted sample represents a 63% respons rate).

Questionnaire Gambling (lifetime and past 12 months) Gambling problems (SOGS, PGSI, FORS) and gambling related questions Computer gaming Health, demografics, socio-economy + register variables from Statistics Sweden

Male and female gambling in different gambling forms 60 56 53 40 32 20 24 28 27 9 20 17 13 4 3 12 7 8 9 3 13 4 4 0 Lottery Lotto Sports Horses Poker C asino games Men Women Vegas (machines) TV-shows Bingo Internet

Problem gambling (PGSI 3+) in different gambling forms 12% 9% 6% 3% 0% Horses TV-shows Casino games Bingo Lottery Sports Vegas (machines) Lotto Poker Only one gambling form More than one gambling form

Cluster analysis Input data (ordinal): 9 variables with gambling frequency past 12 months for each gambling form: not gambled gambled past year but less than monthly gambled once/month gambled several times/month gambled every week

Gambling clusters Poker gamblers 5% Occasional gamblers 10% Heavy gamblers 9% Non gamblers 30% Habitual gamblers 29% Seldom gamblers 18%

Estimates for the Swedish population aged 16-84 Mean age=46, sd=18 50% women 15% born outside Sweden Single/ Married/ not living living with a with a partner partner Children 5% 26% 27% studied at university level 30% have children in their household No children 42% 35%

Non gamblers (30%) Mean age=46, sd=20 55% women 24% born outside Sweden 31% studied at university level Average income, but more differentiated 28% have children in their household

Seldom gamblers (18%) Mean age=50, sd=18 63% women 10% born outside Sweden 32% studied at university level Average income, less differentiated 32% have children in their household Lotteries, horses, some bingo or TV-shows. 2% gambling on the Internet Not much time nor money spent

Habitual gamblers (29%) Mean age=53, sd=14 48% women 11% born outside Sweden 25% studied at university level Mean income above average, less differentiated 33% have children in their household All gambling forms, and especially horses and lotto, not many in poker, casino-games or machines. 10% gambling on the Internet. Many frequent gamblers, spend fairly large sums on gambling.

Occasional gamblers (10%) Mean age=40, sd=18 54% women 14% born outside Sweden 22% studied at university level Lower average income, less differentiated 15% have children in their household All gambling forms except poker. Not much bingo or casino games. Calling into TV-shows common. 5% gambling on the Internet. Not much time, mainly small sums spent.

Poker gamblers (5%) Mean age=29, sd=14 20% women 7% born outside Sweden 27% studied at university level Lower average income, less differentiated 16% have children in household Everybody play poker. All gambling forms except TV-shows. Few bingo or lotto gamblers. 20% gambling on the Internet. More time spent than the average, small sums for half the group.

Heavy gamblers (9%) Mean age=36, sd=14 24% women 11% born outside Sweden 18% studied at university level Average income, but less differentiated 29% have children in their household All gambling forms, most frequent gamblers. 33% gamble on the Internet. Much time and money spent on gambling.

Problem gambling (PGSI 3+) in different clusters Heavy gamblers 11% Poker gamblers 5% Occasional gamblers 2% Habitual gamblers 2% Seldom gamblers 1% Non gamblers 0 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14%

Gambling clusters Poker gamblers 5% Occasional gamblers 10% Heavy gamblers 9% Non gamblers 30% Habitual gamblers 29% Seldom gamblers 18%

Problem gamblers (PGSI 3+) Seldom gamblers 6% Heavy gamblers 43% Habitual gamblers 29% Poker gamblers 11% Occasional gamblers 11%

Thank you for your time! ulla.romild@fhi.se