Questionnaire development for a longitudinal study of gamblers - phase 2
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This research was jointly commissioned by the Gambling
Commission, the National Lottery Commission and the Responsibility
in Gambling Trust and undertaken by NatCen. This report focuses on
work that was undertaken to pre-test a set of questionnaire
instruments relating to gambling behaviour with a sample of
respondents who had taken part in both the
British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 (BGPS 2007) and
the
Qualitative follow-up of the British Gambling Prevalence Survey
2007
The project was undertaken in two phases, this is the report of
the second phase of the project. The purpose of the work was to
pre-test a set of questionnaire instruments relating to the
research questions identified by the first phase of this project, which was to
identify a set of research questions that could be used in any
longitudinal study of gambling behaviour.
The full report can be found at:
Questionnaire development for a longitudinal study of gamblers -
phase 2
Key findings of phase 2
Any longitudinal study of gamblers will invariably have a number
of research questions it wishes to address. The authors of
the Phase 1 report considered that two fundamental research
questions which would be highly likely to form part of the basis of
any longitudinal research on gamblers are:
- assessing people's motivations for gambling
- examining the reasons or triggers which make gamblers, and even
non-gamblers, change their gambling behaviour.
Phase 1 of the project undertook a desk based review of
international literature and data collection in these areas and
undertook secondary analysis of existing qualitative data to assess
the relevance of themes identified in the review to the UK
context.
The primary aim of phase 2 of this project was to test, using
cognitive methods, both new and re-designed questions that could
potentially be used in a longitudinal study of gambling. The
aims of the cognitive testing were to:
- see how respondents reacted to the questions
- see whether they were willing and able to answer the
questions
- explore comprehension of key terms within the questions
- explore respondents' ability to recall information in order to
answer the questions
- explore whether the questions were perceived as sensitive
- explore how the answer options worked.
In addition, the sample that was used had taken previously taken
part in the BGPS 2007 as well as a qualitative interview in late
summer 2008 and therefore offered an ideal opportunity to ‘test
out' the process of following up respondents who had taken part in
an interview previously - as would happen in a longitudinal
survey.
Page last reviewed: June
2011