British gambling prevalence surveys
What is a British Gambling Prevalence Survey?
A British Gambling Prevalence Survey is a large-scale
nationally representative survey of participation in gambling and
the prevalence of problem gambling in Great Britain. The three data
sets will be available.
The survey data sets from the three prevalence surveys conducted
to date (1999, 2007 and 2010) are available from the UK Data Archive.
British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010
The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010 is the
third nationally representative survey of participation in
gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling in Great Britain.
It builds on the first two British prevalence surveys and
involves over 7,500 participants.
British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007
The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 was
the first to be commissioned by the Gambling Commission and was
undertaken to help us understand the nature and scale of gambling
in Great Britain at a point before the Gambling Act 2005 was
implemented.
A random sample of 9,003 people aged 16 and
over participated in the survey.
Data collected by the survey also formed the
basis of a range of secondary analysis projects.
British Gambling Prevalence Survey 1999
The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 1999 was
commissioned by GamCare to provide baseline data on adult gambling
behaviour in Great Britain. It was the first nationally
representative survey of its kind in this country and it provided
statistically robust data on adult participation in gambling plus
an estimate of the prevalence of problem gambling in Britain.
A random sample of 7,700 people aged 16 and
over participated in the survey.
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2011