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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2024

Exploring Socioeconomic, Demographic and Psychological Predictors of At-risk Gambling and Participation in Specific Gambling Activities: A Comparative Approach.

Boban Nedeljković, Jovan Zubović, Biljana Kilibarda

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Boban NedeljkovićWelfare Economics Department, Institute of Economic Sciences, Zmaj Jovina str. 12, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia. boban.nedeljkovic@ien.bg.ac.rs.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-6560
Jovan ZubovićWelfare Economics Department, Institute of Economic Sciences, Zmaj Jovina str. 12, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1717-2066
Biljana KilibardaInstitute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut", Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8059-814X
Institute of Economic Sciences · RSInstitute of Public Health of Serbia · RS

Funding

Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja no specific grant; institutional funding for the Institute of Economic Sciences under contract number 451-03-47/2023-01/200005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this research, we aimed to provide a comparative examination of at-risk gambling and four types of gambling activities from the standpoint of socioeconomic, demographic and psychological factors. Using data collected from 7,385 adults aged 18-64 from Serbia, we investigated how specific variables contribute to the likelihood of participation in lottery playing, sports betting, casino games, and slot games across the three time frames (lifetime, last year, and last month), and at-risk gambling. Logistic regressions revealed that male sex, ages 18 to 34, drug use, harmful alcohol use, and elevated levels of distress were significant predictors of participation in any point of life in sports betting, casino games, and slot games, and at-risk gambling. Secondary education, residing in an urban area, and harmful alcohol use predicted - across three time frames - the engagement in lottery playing, sports betting, and slot games playing, respectively. Smoking, and specifically heavy smoking, was shown to be predictive of lifetime participation in all types of gambling, while having single marital status and being unemployed emerged as the factors increasing the odds for the last-month slot games playing. Notably, the 18 to 24 age cohort turned out to be the most vulnerable part of the population, as they displayed the largest odds for at-risk gambling, and both lifetime and last-year involvement in sports betting, casino games, and slot games playing. This highlights the necessity of targeted public health interventions for the young adult population and people who experiment or already experience problems related to substance use.

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GamblingAdolescentAdultBehavior, AddictiveFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSerbiaSocioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultCasino gamesGamblingRiskSlot gamesSports betting

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PMID38103123
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