Youth Gambling Survey 2006

The survey charted the gambling habits of Finnish youth. The term gambling is used here as an umbrella term for lotteries, slot machines, betting, bookmaking, the pools, roulette wheels, and card and dice tables. The respondents were asked to indicate the different types of gambling, betting, and games of chance they had played during the past year. They were also asked how often they usually engaged in the mentioned gambling activities, and whether they usually gambled through a bookmaker or an agent, or on the Internet. In addition, the respondents indicated where and with whom they had gambled, and whether the staff in the gambling venue had asked about their age or did not allow them to gamble. If the respondent engaged in gambling activities more often than twice a month, he/she was asked to estimate the average weekly sum spent in gambling, and the largest sum spent during one day. One topic pertained to whether any of respondents' relatives or peers had had a gambling problem. The respondents were also asked whether they returned another day to try to win back the money they had lost, whether they ever gambled more than they intended to, whether they had ever claimed to be winning while gambling, even though they were actually losing money, and whether people criticised their gambling or told them they had a gambling problem. Some questions explored whether the respondents ever felt guilty while gambling, whether they had wanted to stop betting money or gambling but could not do it, and whether they had ever hidden their gambling from their family members. The respondents were also asked whether they had ever argued with people they live with over how they handled money and whether those arguments had ever centered on their gambling. Other topics included whether the respondents had ever borrowed from someone and not paid them back as a result of their gambling, and whether they had ever lost time from work or school due to betting or gambling. The respondents were also asked whether they had borrowed or stolen money to gamble or to pay gambling debts, and if they had, they were asked to indicate from where/whom they received the money. Finally, the respondents' opinions were probed on whether they had a friend who had a gambling problem, whether teachers, other school personnel, or parents had talked about gambling, whether respondents' parents gambled, and how often they gambled when respondents were present. Background variables included respondent's gender, age, region of residence, education, available monthly resources, household size, and municipality size.本调查针对芬兰青年的赌博行为习惯开展研究。此处所指的赌博（gambling）为涵盖彩票、老虎机、投注、博彩经纪、博彩池、轮盘赌以及纸牌与骰子桌游在内的统称性术语。受访者需报告其在过去一年内参与过的各类赌博、投注及机遇博弈活动类型，并被问及参与上述赌博活动的通常频率，以及是否通过博彩经纪商、代理机构或互联网开展赌博活动。 此外，受访者还需说明其赌博的场所、参与赌博时的同伴，以及赌博场所工作人员是否询问过其年龄或拒绝其参与赌博。若受访者每月参与赌博活动的频率超过两次，则需估算其赌博的平均周消费金额，以及单日最高赌博消费额。 其中一项调研主题为受访者是否有亲属或同伴存在赌博相关问题。受访者还需回答是否曾在次日试图赢回此前输掉的钱款、是否曾超出计划额度进行赌博、是否曾在赌博时谎称自己处于盈利状态（实则亏损），以及是否有人批评其赌博行为或指出其存在赌博问题。 另有部分问题探究受访者是否曾在赌博过程中产生愧疚感、是否曾试图停止投注或赌博却未能做到，以及是否曾向家人隐瞒自己的赌博行为。受访者还需回答是否曾因赌博相关的资金处理问题与同住之人发生争执，且此类争执是否围绕赌博展开。 其他调研内容包括：受访者是否因赌博而拖欠他人借款、是否曾因赌博或投注而耽误工作或学业时间，以及是否曾因赌博或偿还赌债而借用或偷窃钱款；若存在此类情况，则需说明钱款的来源渠道。 最后，调研还涉及受访者的相关看法：是否有朋友存在赌博问题、教师、学校其他工作人员或家长是否曾提及赌博相关话题、受访者父母是否参与赌博，以及在受访者在场时父母赌博的频率。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄、居住地区、受教育程度、月度可支配资源、家庭规模及城镇辖区规模。