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Compulsory School Achievement and Future Gambling Expenditure: A Finnish Population-Based Study




TekijätLatvala Tiina, Salonen Anne H, Roukka Tomi

KustantajaMDPI

Julkaisuvuosi2022

JournalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Lehden akronyymiINT J ENV RES PUB HE

Artikkelin numero 9444

Vuosikerta19

Numero15

Sivujen määrä11

eISSN1660-4601

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159444

Verkko-osoitehttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9444

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/176164314


Tiivistelmä

Background:

Gambling is associated with many conditions that can compromise young people's health and wellbeing, such as substance use and poor school achievement. Conversely, low school achievement can be linked to lower socio-economic position. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine whether compulsory school achievement is linked with gambling participation and gambling expenditure (GE) later in youth and whether GE is linked with lower socio-economic position.

Methods:

The Finnish Gambling Harms survey data (n = 7186) were used. The data were collected in three regions during spring 2017. Participants aged 18-29 years old were selected from the data. Past-year GE was examined using two measures: weekly gambling expenditure (WGE, in euro) and relative gambling expenditure (RGE, in %). Logistic regression and log-linear regression models for past-year gambling, WGE and RGE were created.

Results:

Persons who had no more than a mediocre grade point average (GPA) had a 25% higher WGE and 30% higher RGE in 2016 than those who had an outstanding GPA in the compulsory school. Compared with persons with an outstanding GPA, those with a satisfactory to very good GPA spent 13% more on gambling, and their RGE was 17% higher. Additionally, those with lower socio-economic status (SES) had a higher WGE and RGE compared with higher SES.

Conclusions:

Even after controlling for other crucial background characteristics, early life success, in the form of compulsory school outcomes, seems to correlate with gambling expenditures later in youth. This suggests that the gambling behaviour can be linked to the cognitive ability of an individual. Our findings also imply that gambling could be more heavily concentrated on individuals that are already more socially disadvantaged. However, it is worth noting that individual factors such as traumas, antisocial personality, anxiety and depression are all associated with gambling and poor academic achievement. Overall, this suggests that various educational tools at a younger age can be effective in preventing gambling-related problems in later life.


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