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- ItemOpen AccessAn Exploration of the Prevalence and Pathological Gambling Behaviour Among Adolescents in Ontario(Canadian Foundation on Compulsive Gambling (Ontario), 1994-12) Insight Canada ResearchIn response to the advent of gambling casinos in Ontario in 1993, The Canadian Foundation on Compulsive Gambling (Ontario) commissioned Insight Canada Research to conduct research with adult Ontarian residents in order to determine the prevalence of problem and pathological gambling in the province, as well as Ontarians’ attitudes and behaviour related to gambling. To complement that survey, the present research effort was initiated, which focuses exclusively on Ontarian adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19. As with the research conducted with adults, The Foundation required an accurate measurement of Ontarian adolescents’ gambling behaviour, the incidence of problems arising from gambling activities, and key sociodemographic characteristics which are closely linked to problem gamblers.
- ItemOpen AccessPrevalence of Problem & Pathological Gambling in Ontario Using the South Oaks Gambling Screen(Canadian Foundation on Compulsive Gambling (Ontario), 1993-08) Insight Canada ResearchInsight Canada Research is pleased to present the Prevalence of Problem & Pathological Gambling in Ontario Using The South Oaks Gambling Screen, a survey conducted on behalf of the Canadian Foundation on Compulsive Gambling (Ontario). A total of 1,200 telephone interviews with Ontario residents between the ages of 18 and 74 were conducted between July 23 and August 1, 1993. Overall results are accurate to plus or minus 2.9%, nineteen times out of twenty. A response rate of 65% was obtained.