FSD2253 Youth Gambling Survey 2006: Age Limit Enforcement
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Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Abstract
The survey studied how well the 15 years age limit is controlled in Finnish gambling venues by means of test shopping. The term gambling is used here as an umbrella term for lotteries, slot machines, and the pools. The respondents were observers, who were instructed to monitor young gamblers in a certain venue, after which they responded to a set of questions.
Some questions pertained to whether gamblers who were or seemed to be under 15 years old were asked about their age, and whether they were not allowed to gamble or play. If they were not allowed to gamble or play, the respondents were asked who intervened first, and who forbade them to gamble.
Further questions covered the different gambling games the observed young gamblers played. Finally, the respondents were asked whether the staff in the gambling venue had direct eye contact with gaming machines.
Background variables included respondent's age, gender, time and date of test shopping, duration of interview, and region (NUTS3) and province of gambling venue.
Keywords
adolescents; age limits; friends; gambling; gaming machines; lotteries; observation (data collection); supervision; youth
Topic Classification
welfare studies; youth studies (FSD Topics Classification)
social behaviour and attitudes; youth (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Restrictions
Variable indicating municipality (bv6) has been removed from the data.
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Taloustutkimus
Data Producer
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Collection Date
9.10.2006 - 15.11.2006
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Event/Process
Universe
Finnish population aged under 15 (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
Respondents observed gambling activities of young people in the gambling venues and regions defined in the sample frame.
Collection Mode
Observation
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Cross-sectional study
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
1.0 (23.5.2007)
Other Material
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish
Related Studies
FSD2251 Youth Gambling Survey 2006
FSD2252 Youth Gambling Survey 2006 : Test Shopping
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive.
Bibliographical Citation
Youth Gambling Survey 2006: Age Limit Enforcement [computer file]. FSD2253, version 1.0 (2007-05-23). Helsinki: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health [producer]. Helsinki: Taloustutkimus [data collection], 2006. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2007.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Related Publications
Aho, Pauliina & Ilkas, Hannu (2006). Nuorten rahapelaaminen. Ikärajan valvonta - koeostot ja havainnointi. Helsinki: Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö/Taloustutkimus.
