Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Australia; Centre for Gambling Research, Centre for Social Research and Methods, The Australian National University, Australia; Institute of Child Protection Studies, The Australian Catholic University, Australia.
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Addict Behav. 2022 Jul;130:107305. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107305. Epub 2022 Mar 10.
Children of problem gamblers are at risk of harm, however, there are no population level estimates as to how many children are currently exposed to parental problem- and at-risk gambling. The current study analysed data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally representative survey, to derive the first ever national estimates of the proportion of problem, moderate, and low risk gamblers (as measured by PGSI) in the Australian parent population. It also reports how many children under 15 years of age in Australia are exposed to parental gambling across the gambling risk categories. The results show that 13.7% of all Australian families with dependent children are currently exposed to some level of gambling risk due to parental gambling, and nearly 4% of families with children are exposed to parental moderate risk or problem gambling. This corresponds to almost 200,000 children each year. The results and approach of this study will guide future examination of child wellbeing in families where parents experience problems with gambling. The results are discussed in the context of public health approaches to familial gambling harm.
问题赌博者的子女面临风险，然而，目前尚不清楚有多少儿童目前正处于父母的问题和风险赌博的影响之下。本研究分析了澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态调查（HILDA）的数据，该调查是一项全国代表性调查，旨在得出澳大利亚父母群体中问题、中度和低风险赌徒（以PGSI 衡量）的比例的首个全国估计值。它还报告了澳大利亚有多少 15 岁以下的儿童在不同的赌博风险类别中受到父母赌博的影响。研究结果表明，目前由于父母赌博，澳大利亚有 13.7%的有受抚养子女的家庭面临某种程度的赌博风险，近 4%的有子女的家庭面临父母中度风险或问题赌博。这相当于每年近 20 万名儿童。本研究的结果和方法将指导未来对父母有赌博问题的家庭中儿童福祉的研究。研究结果在涉及家庭赌博危害的公共卫生方法的背景下进行了讨论。
