Study title

Municipal Treatment of Gambling Addicts 2006: Municipalities

Dataset ID Number

FSD2254

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2254

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Abstract

The aim of this survey was to chart the treatment of gambling addicts in Finnish municipalities. The respondents were asked to name municipal services addressing gambling problems and indicate if there was a special service point for gambling addicts or their relatives in their municipality. Some questions pertained to taking gambling addicts into account in the municipal service system, acquiring the know-how on the treatment of gambling addicts, and the need to increase that know-how. In addition, views on the prevention and treatment of gambling problems were probed, as well as the frequency of gambling addicts turning up in municipal services.

Background variables included respondent's status and activity sector in the municipality, province, size of municipality, and to which service point the service point form attached to the questionnaire was forwarded.

Keywords

addiction; gambling; gaming machines; information needs; lotteries; social care; social services

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Data Producers

• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Time Period Covered

2006

Collection Dates

2006-05-09 – 2006-08-14

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Political-administrative area (Municipality)

Universe

Finnish municipalities

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Total study of Finnish municipalities. The questionnaire was sent to social directors of all 431 Finnish municipalities. In addition, other regional directors, unit directors, etc. working in social sector were selected by judgment sampling in cities with population over 50,000. As for the social directors, the sample was drawn from the BlueBook company register. As for the cities with population over 50,000, the sample was supplemented by various public registers, such as the web pages of cities and contact information from telephone directories.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

28

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2255 Municipal Treatment of Gambling Addicts 2006: Service Points

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data do not contain responses to open-ended question q8.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: Municipal Treatment of Gambling Addicts 2006: Municipalities [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2254

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Materials

Turja, Tuomo (2006). Kuntien käytännöt ja tiedon taso rahapeliongelmaisten hoidossa. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö/Taloustutkimus. http://neuvoa-antavat.stakes.fi/NR/rdonlyres/C4278774-DB03-450A-B816-A1C2251CEE77/0/rahapelaaminen_kuntienkayt_2007.pdf [viitattu 25.05.2007].

Related Publications

Turja, Tuomo (2006). Kuntien käytännöt ja tiedon taso rahapeliongelmaisten hoidossa. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö/Taloustutkimus. http://neuvoa-antavat.stakes.fi/NR/rdonlyres/C4278774-DB03-450A-B816-A1C2251CEE77/0/rahapelaaminen_kuntienkayt_2007.pdf [viitattu 25.05.2007].