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Auteur M. W. ABBOTT |
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National surveys of gambling and problem gambling have recently been completed in New Zealand and Sweden. These studies are unique in that data collection was undertaken by official government statistical agencies, involved large, nationally rep[...]![]()
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S. RONNBERG ; R. A. VOLBERG ; M. W. ABBOTT ; W. L. MOORE ; A. ANDREN ; I. MUNCK ; J. JONSSON ; T. NILSSON ; O. SVENSSON | Stockholm : National Institute of Public Health | 1999The primary purpose of this study was to establish a baseline measure of the prevalence of gambling-related problems in Sweden. An additional purpose of this study was to identify the types of gambling causing the greatest difficulties for the r[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents results from the first national survey of problem gambling completed in Sweden. METHOD: The Swedish survey is unique in its quality and representativeness, due to the use of multiple modes of data collection, recru[...]![]()
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Problem and Non-Problem Gamblers in New Zealand: A Report on Phase Two of the 1999 National Prevalence Survey is the sixth report from the New Zealand Gaming Survey. It forms the second phase of a two-phase national prevalence survey of problem [...]![]()
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Little is known about the life course of gambling problems and there have been no prospective studies of problem gambling. This article describes a study of 77 problem gamblers and 66 nonproblem gamblers recruited from a national prevalence surv[...]![]()
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The report is based on follow-up interviews conducted in 1998 with 143 of the 217 people who participated in Phase 2 of New Zealands first national problem gambling prevalence survey in 1991. Phase 1 of the 1991 survey involved contacting 4053 p[...]![]()
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Taking the Pulse on Gambling and Problem Gambling in New Zealand is the third, and perhaps most significant, report from the New Zealand Gaming Survey. This first phase of a two-phase national prevalence study of problem gambling is based on int[...]![]()
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In New Zealand, awareness of gambling-related problems has increased in association with the legalization of new forms of gambling. This paper presents the methods and selected results from a national survey of gambling and problem gambling comp[...]![]()
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What do we know about gambling and problem gambling in New Zealand is the seventh and final report from the New Zealand Gaming Survey. The study provides a synthesis of major findings from the New Zealand Gaming survey and other recent New Zeala[...]