Summary information
Study title
Under 16s and the National Lottery, 1999
Creator
Ashworth, J., BMRB International
Fisher, S. E., University of Plymouth, Centre for Research into the Social Impact of Gambling
Doyle, N., BMRB International
Study number / PID
4088 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4088-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The main aims of this research were to determine the levels of underage sales of National Lottery products, and the prevalence of 'problem gambling' (as determined by the DSM-IV-MR-J - see full reference under 'Main Topics' section below) by under-16-year-olds on National Lottery scratchcards. These findings were also compared with a similar study conducted in 1997*. The research also attempted to explore whether those under 16 understood the reasons for the age restriction on the National Lottery.
*The findings from the 1997 survey were reported in: Fisher, S.E. (1998) <i>Gambling and problem gambling among adolescents in England and Wales</i>, prepared for the Office of the National Lottery, OFLOT (now The National Lottery Commission).
Main Topics:
Subjects covered included: demographic details, general questions about gambling in lifetime/past year, past week National Lottery Draw play, past week National Lottery scratchcard play, past week National Lottery 'Thunderball' play, illegal and legal purchases on all three National Lottery games, number of successful and unsuccessful attempts on all National Lottery games, past week expenditure on other gambling games, what respondents think the attitude of their parents is towards gambling on the National Lottery/fruit machines, social and psychological implications of gambling on fruit machines/National Lottery scratchcards in the past year; viewing of National Lottery television programmes, attitudes towards the National Lottery.
Standard Measures
DSM-IV-MR-J (youth adapted version of the DSM-IV criteria published by the American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
07/06/1999 - 23/07/1999
Country
England and Wales
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Pupils
Universe
Children aged 12-15 years in a sample of school year 8 and year 10 classes in secondary schools across England and Wales during June-July 1999.
Sampling procedure
One-stage cluster sample
initially, a letter was sent to head teachers explaining what the survey was about and asking for their co-operation. The head teachers were telephoned during May 1999, to ask whether they would be willing to participate in the study. At this stage 135 schools (48%) agreed to take part. At the end of May 1999, interviewers rang to arrange appointments to visit schools, and an additional small number of schools refused. Appointments were subsequently made to visit participating schools.
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Self-completion
supervised self-completion questionnaires were used
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2000
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Ashworth, J. and Doyle, N. (2000) Under 16s and the National Lottery [Research report], : The National Lottery Commission.