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Report

Young People and Gambling 2022: Official statistics

Gambling Commission report produced by Ipsos on young people and their gambling behaviour, attitudes and awareness in 2022.

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Experience and impact of family members’ gambling

A significant proportion of 11 to 16 year olds (28 percent) have seen family members they live with gamble. However, three in five (60 percent) have not.

There were no statistical differences between age groups and gender.

Figure 10: Experience of ever seeing family members gambling

A pie chart showing the experience of ever seeing family members gambling. Data from the chart is provided within the following table.

Figure 10 information

GC_FAMGAM. Have you ever seen any of the family members that you live with gambling? When we talk about gambling, we mean any activity which involves risking money (or something of value) in a game or a bet in the hope of winning money or a prize.
Base: All 11 to 16 year olds answering (2,336).
Note: Where percentages for a question do not add up to 100 percent, this is due to computer rounding.

Figure 10: Experience of ever seeing family members gambling
Response Percentage
Yes 28%
No 60%
Don't know 11%

Young people who had ever seen family members gamble were asked if this had affected specific aspects of their lives either sometimes, often, all of the time or never. Again, a combination figure for ‘sometimes’, ‘often’, or ‘all of the time’ has been used to the report the impact that gambling can have, unless specified otherwise.

The most common impact of gambling by a family member, as shown as follows in Figure 11, was that it helped to pay for other things or activities, for example holidays, trips or clubs; one in ten (11 percent) said that this happened either sometimes, often, or all of the time.

Family members gambling impacted less on parents and/or guardians having time to spend with young people (6 percent) or the availability of food at home or money on school canteen card and/or account (mentioned by 3 percent). However, 7 percent of young people felt that it had resulted in more arguments or tension at home.

Figure 11: The impact that family members’ gambling can have on young people

Horizontal stacked bar charts showing the impact that hat family members’ gambling can have on young people. Data from the chart is provided within the following table.

Figure 11 information

GC_FAMGAMFOOD GC_FAMGAMPAY GC_FAMLEDTME GC_FAMLEDARG. Thinking about the last 12 months, how often, if at all, has your family’s gambling led to any of the following things?
Base: All 11 to 16 year olds answering who have seen family members live with gamble: 'Stopped you from having enough food (food at home or money on school canteen card/ account)' (652). 'Helped your family to pay for other things or activities e.g. holidays, trips, clubs' (651). 'Your parents or guardians having less time to spend with you' (651). 'More arguments or tension at home' (652).
Note: Where an asterisk is displayed on a chart or in a table, this means the value for that response is greater than zero, but less than 0.5 percent.
Note: Where percentages for a question do not add up to 100 percent, this is due to computer rounding.

Figure 11: The impact that family members’ gambling can have on young people
Impact Percentage who never Percentage who rarely Percentage who sometimes Percentage who often Percentage who all the time Percentage who don't know Percentage who are not applicable
More arguments or tension at home 82% 5% 2% 3% 2% 3% 3%
Your parents or guardians having less time to spend with you 85% 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 3%
Helped your family pay for other things or activities 68% 12% 7% 2% 2% 6% 3%
Stopped you from having enough food (food at home or money on school canteen card and/or account) 90% 2% 1% 0% 1% 2% 3%

Young people who had seen family members they live with gamble were then asked how it had affected them personally. Around one in twenty said that it had made them feel worried (7 percent) or sad (5 percent) either all of the time, some of the time or often. Of these, one percent felt worried or sad all of the time by family members or people they live with gambling. However, for the most part they stated that this never happened.

Figure 12: The impact that family members’ gambling can have on young people’s emotions

Horizontal stacked bar charts showing the impact that family members’ gambling can have on young people’s emotions. Data from the chart is provided within the following table.

Figure 12 information

GC_NEWFELTBADFAMSAD GC_NEWFELTBADFAMWOR. In the past 12 months how often, if at all, would you say that gambling among your family members and/or people you live with has made you feel…
Base: All 11 to 16 year olds answering who have seen family members live with gamble 'Sad' (640). 'Worried' (639).

Figure 12: The impact that family members’ gambling can have on young people’s emotions
Impact Percentage who never Percentage who rarely Percentage who sometimes Percentage who often Percentage who all the time Percentage who don't know
Worried 84% 6% 3% 3% 1% 3%
Sad 87% 5% 2% 2% 1% 3%
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