Income Nexus and Problem Gambling: What Matters More – Level or Inequality or Insecurity?

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Problem Gambling Prevalence in Canada

Source: Canadian Gambling Digest 2013-2014, Prepared by the Responsible Gambling Council on behalf of the Canadian Partnership for Responsible Gambling. August, 2015. file:///C:/Users/Pranay/Desktop/canadian-gambling-digest_2013-14.pdf

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Motivations

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To examine whether problem gambling is associated with various income measures:

- level of income - income inequality - income insecurity.

Objective

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Previous studies

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Previous studies

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Previous studies

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Methodology

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Methodology - Income Inequality

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Methodology -Income insecurity

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Methodology -Income insecurity

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Methodology

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ResultsOrdered Logit

Independent Variables Categories Odds Ratio (95% CI)

S.E.

Age 45 - 64 years .85 (.73, .84) .028665 years or more .78 (.69, 1.04) .0886(Ref: 15 – 44 years)

Sex Female 1.03 (.99, 1.09) .0262Education Secondary graduation .78 (.73, .84) .0270

More than secondary grad .82 (.77, .87) .0257Ref: Less than secondary grad

HH Income level $30K-50K .84 (.78, .89) .0096$50K-80K .73 (.68, .79) .0081$80K+ .80 (.75, .87) .0282Ref: < $30K

Coping Positive .91 (.85, .99) .0264Negative 1.00 (.99, 1.02) .0315

Income inequality (Gini)

Higher 1.07 (.99, 1.16) .0425

Income insecurity Higher 1.93 (1.75, 2.12) .0954Age* Income insecurity

45-64 years*Higher insecurity 0.61 (.53, .69) .0423

65 years+*Higher insecurity 0.69 (.55, .87) .0805Ref: 15-44 years*Higher insecurity

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Policy Perspectives

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Acknowledging Sponsors

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Thank you.

Suggestions/Comments/Questio

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