The Queensland Household Gambling Survey 2006-2007
The Queensland Household Gambling Survey is a population survey of 30,000 Queenslanders which explores gambling activity and the prevalence of problem gambling in the State. The full Survey Report and 8 Fact Sheets are currently available for download.| Title | Date | File type | Link | P |
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| The Queensland Household Gambling Survey | April 2008 | download (540 K) |
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| The full report of the survey findings. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 1 - Gambling group estimates | April 2008 | download (165 K) |
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| Information on the prevalence of persons who do not gamble, who gamble recreationally, who may be experiencing gambling realted problems or who may be at risk of experiencing such problems. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 2 - Recreational Gambling | April 2008 | download (120 K) |
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| The recreational gambling group accounts for the majority of the Queensland adult population, with more than 67% of adults or just under 2 million people identified as recreational gamblers. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 3 - Low risk and Moderate risk gambling | April 2008 | download (120 K) |
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| There are some 220,000 or 7.5% of the adult population who may be at risk of experiencing gambling related problems. People in the low and moderate risk gambling groups are unlikely to have experienced any gambling related problems but may be at varying levels of risk experiencing problems. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 4 - Problem Gambling | April 2008 | download (125 K) |
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| The problem gambling group includes adults who may be gambling to an extent that problems have emerged which are affecting themselves or others around them. This group accounts for approximately 14,000 or 0.47% of the total adult population of Queensland. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 5 - Problem gambling co-morbidities | April 2008 | download (235 K) |
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| The survey collects information about issues co-related to at-riskand problem gambling behaviour. These correlates help to build a profile that may assist in better identifying those at risk of developing gambling problems. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 6 - Adverse consequences of problem gambling and help seeking behaviour | April 2008 | download (120 K) |
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| A range of questions were asked of gamblers which related to the potential harm caused by gambling and their help seeking behaviour. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 7 - Gambling activity | April 2008 | download (160 K) |
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| All survey respondents were prompted about their participation in gambling activities over the past 12 months. | ||||
| Fact Sheet 8 - Regional variations | April 2008 | download (135 K) |
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| The 2006-2007 Survey generated population data at a detailed regional level. This Fact Sheet summarises the regional variations discovered. | ||||
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Last reviewed 18 April 2008
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