{"title":"Associations Between Youth Unemployment and Underage Gambling in Europe","authors":"J. Spångberg, J. Svensson","doi":"10.4309/jgi.2020.45.5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this work was to explore the associations between youth unemployment and youth engagement in gambling forms that have age limits, namely, slots, sports betting, and cards, both online and offline. Cross-country data were provided by the 2015 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, a school survey focused on 16-year-olds. Gambling analyses included 30 countries ( n = 81,229 respondents). Descriptive analysis with statistical plot diagrams was used and the computed coefficient of determination adopted to identify correlations. The suggested correlation was further tested by multilevel logistic regression analysis, controlling for gender at Level 1 and for the Inequality Human Development Index, gross domestic product/capita, and public health expenditure at Level 2. Underage gambling was associated with a higher degree of adolescent unemployment. The results indicate that youth unemployment is associated with underage gambling, implying that a broad public health framework is needed in the prevention of problem gambling. Resume Ce travail de recherche visait a etudier le rapport entre le chomage des jeunes et leur pratique des jeux de hasard qui comportent une limite d’âge, a savoir les machines a sous, les paris sportifs et les cartes, tant en ligne que hors ligne. Il s’appuie sur des donnees transnationales provenant de l’European Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs(ESPAD) de 2015, une enquete menee dans les ecoles aupres des jeunes de 16 ans. L’etude couvre 30 pays (n= 81 229 repondants). Une analyse statistique descriptive a ete realisee dans le but d’etablir des correlations. La correlation ainsi relevee a fait en outre l’objet d’une analyse de regression logistique en considerant le sexe comme facteur principal et, comme facteurs secondaires, l’Indice de developpement humain ajuste aux inegalites (IDHI), le produit interieur brut (PIB) par habitant et les depenses de sante publique. La pratique des jeux de hasard en deca de l’âge limite est associee a un degre eleve de chomage chez les adolescents. Les resultats indiquent qu’il existe un lien entre le chomage des jeunes et la pratique des jeux de hasard en deca de l’âge limite, d’ou la necessite de mettre en place un cadre de sante publique elargi en matiere de prevention du jeu pathologique.","PeriodicalId":45414,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Issues","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Gambling Issues","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4309/jgi.2020.45.5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SUBSTANCE ABUSE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The aim of this work was to explore the associations between youth unemployment and youth engagement in gambling forms that have age limits, namely, slots, sports betting, and cards, both online and offline. Cross-country data were provided by the 2015 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, a school survey focused on 16-year-olds. Gambling analyses included 30 countries ( n = 81,229 respondents). Descriptive analysis with statistical plot diagrams was used and the computed coefficient of determination adopted to identify correlations. The suggested correlation was further tested by multilevel logistic regression analysis, controlling for gender at Level 1 and for the Inequality Human Development Index, gross domestic product/capita, and public health expenditure at Level 2. Underage gambling was associated with a higher degree of adolescent unemployment. The results indicate that youth unemployment is associated with underage gambling, implying that a broad public health framework is needed in the prevention of problem gambling. Resume Ce travail de recherche visait a etudier le rapport entre le chomage des jeunes et leur pratique des jeux de hasard qui comportent une limite d’âge, a savoir les machines a sous, les paris sportifs et les cartes, tant en ligne que hors ligne. Il s’appuie sur des donnees transnationales provenant de l’European Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs(ESPAD) de 2015, une enquete menee dans les ecoles aupres des jeunes de 16 ans. L’etude couvre 30 pays (n= 81 229 repondants). Une analyse statistique descriptive a ete realisee dans le but d’etablir des correlations. La correlation ainsi relevee a fait en outre l’objet d’une analyse de regression logistique en considerant le sexe comme facteur principal et, comme facteurs secondaires, l’Indice de developpement humain ajuste aux inegalites (IDHI), le produit interieur brut (PIB) par habitant et les depenses de sante publique. La pratique des jeux de hasard en deca de l’âge limite est associee a un degre eleve de chomage chez les adolescents. Les resultats indiquent qu’il existe un lien entre le chomage des jeunes et la pratique des jeux de hasard en deca de l’âge limite, d’ou la necessite de mettre en place un cadre de sante publique elargi en matiere de prevention du jeu pathologique.