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Income Nexus and Problem Gambling: What Matters More – Level or Inequality or Insecurity?
This document examines the relationship between problem gambling and various measures of income, including level of income, income inequality, and income insecurity. The methodology describes using ordered logit models to analyze data from a Canadian survey on problem gambling prevalence. The results found that higher income insecurity was associated with higher odds of problem gambling, while income level and inequality were less strongly associated. Income insecurity had a stronger relationship with problem gambling for younger age groups compared to older groups. The document discusses implications for policies around problem gambling and income security.
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Income Nexus and Problem Gambling: What Matters More – Level or Inequality or Insecurity?
- 1. Income Nexus andProblem Gambling: What Matters More – Level or Inequality or Insecurity? 03/16/16 1
- 2. Problem Gambling Prevalencein 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 03/16/16 2
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- 4. To examine whetherproblem gambling is associated with various income measures: - level of income - income inequality - income insecurity. Objective 03/16/16 4
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- 9. Methodology - IncomeInequality 03/16/16 9
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- 13. Results Ordered Logit Independent VariablesCategories Odds Ratio (95% CI) S.E. Age 45 - 64 years .85 (.73, .84) .0286 65 years or more .78 (.69, 1.04) .0886 (Ref: 15 – 44 years) Sex Female 1.03 (.99, 1.09) .0262 Education Secondary graduation .78 (.73, .84) .0270 More than secondary grad .82 (.77, .87) .0257 Ref: Less than secondary grad HH Income level $30K-50K .84 (.78, .89) .0096 $50K-80K .73 (.68, .79) .0081 $80K+ .80 (.75, .87) .0282 Ref: < $30K Coping Positive .91 (.85, .99) .0264 Negative 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) .0954 Age* Income insecurity 45-64 years*Higher insecurity 0.61 (.53, .69) .0423 65 years+*Higher insecurity 0.69 (.55, .87) .0805 Ref: 15-44 years*Higher insecurity Bold estimates are significant at 5% or less. 03/16/16 13
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