Data on gambling participation and harm

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NCDS
1958 National Child Development Study
UK · Birth cohort
Born March 1958; sweep 4 (age 23) contains gambling item
BCS70
1970 British Cohort Study
UK · Birth cohort
Born April 1970; sweep 4 (age 15/16) contains gambling items
ACT_GPS_2019
2019 ACT Gambling Prevalence Survey
Australia - Australian Capital Territory · Cross-sectional adult prevalence survey
Adult ACT residents aged 18+
AHAH
Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards
Great Britain · Contextual/geospatial environmental dataset
Not individual participant data; area-level contextual linkage to cohorts/areas
APMS
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
England · Cross-sectional psychiatric morbidity survey
Adults; includes younger adults
AGRI_ANP_PANEL
AGRI National Project Online Panel Study
Canada · Two-wave national online panel of monthly gamblers
Canadian adults aged 18+ who gambled at least monthly
ASSAD
Australian Secondary School Alcohol and Drug Survey
Australia · Cross-sectional school survey (triennial since 1984; gambling module added 2017)
Secondary school students aged 12-17
ALSPAC
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
England · Birth cohort
Adolescence; CLOSER file F17 gambling
BIB_AOW
Born in Bradford - Age of Wonder
England · Longitudinal cohort/school survey
Adolescents; post-16 questionnaire also relevant
BGPS
British Gambling Prevalence Survey
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional adult survey
Adults aged 16+; includes 16-24 year olds
CSDD
Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, 1961-1981
England · Prospective longitudinal cohort with repeated interviews, parent, teacher and peer ratings, and criminal-record searches
411 males from a working-class area of South London, born around 1953 and followed from age 8
CCHS_GAMBLING
Canadian Community Health Survey: gambling modules and rapid responses
Canada · Repeated cross-sectional national health survey with optional and rapid-response gambling modules
Household population aged 12+ or 15+ depending cycle; adult subsamples available
EAGS
Emerging Adults Gambling Survey
Great Britain · Longitudinal survey
Emerging adults aged 16-24
ESPAD
European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
Europe · Repeated cross-national school survey
Age 15-16
FIN_GAMBLING_SURVEYS
Finnish Gambling Surveys, 2007-2023
Finland · Repeated national cross-sectional probability surveys
Household population aged 15-74; adult subsamples available
FINLAND_SHP
Finnish School Health Promotion Study
Finland · Repeated cross-sectional school survey
Students aged 14-16 (grades 8-9)
GA_TSS
GambleAware Annual GB Treatment and Support Survey
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional survey
Adults aged 18+; last two waves (2023, 2024) include retrospective questions about gambling before age 18
GC_QTS_2016_2022
Gambling Commission Gambling Behaviour Quarterly Telephone Survey, 2016-2022
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional quarterly telephone survey; annual UKDS files
People aged 16+ in Great Britain
GIBS
Gambling Impact and Behavior Study
United States · Cross-sectional adult and youth survey plus community files
Adults and youth in the US; youth sample includes adolescents
HSE_SHES_2016
Gambling in England and Scotland, 2016: Combined HSE/SHeS
England and Scotland · Combined cross-sectional household survey data
Adults aged 16+; includes 16-24 year olds
GSGB
Gambling Survey for Great Britain
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional survey
Adults, includes 18-24
LOYALTY_CARD_2014_2016
Gaming and Betting Study: Survey of Loyalty Card Customers, Waves 1 and 2, 2014-2016
Great Britain · Two-wave longitudinal survey of bookmaker loyalty card holders
Adults holding a Ladbrokes, William Hill or Paddy Power loyalty card who had played machines in a bookmakers
GLAD
Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression Study
United Kingdom · Volunteer recontactable cohort with genetic and questionnaire data
Participants aged 16 and over with lifetime anxiety or depression, recruited from September 2018
LSAC
Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Australia · Nationally representative longitudinal cohort (two cohorts recruited 2004; surveyed roughly every two years)
Two cohorts followed from infancy; young-person gambling module ages 16-24, plus Parent 1 gambling module
GUI98
Growing Up in Ireland Cohort '98
Ireland · Prospective longitudinal cohort
Longitudinal cohort; gambling questions at age 20 (Wave 4) only
KCMHR_HWCS
Health and Wellbeing Cohort Study (King's Centre for Military Health Research)
United Kingdom · Four-phase cohort study of UK Armed Forces personnel from the Iraq and Afghanistan era
Serving and ex-serving UK Armed Forces personnel, Regulars and Reservists
HBSC
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children
International · Repeated cross-national school survey
Ages 11, 13, 15
HSE
Health Survey for England
England · Repeated cross-sectional household health survey
Adults aged 16+; includes 16-24 year olds
HILDA
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
Australia · Annual national household panel
All household members aged 15+; adult subsamples available
LLLP
Leisure, Lifestyle and Lifecycle Project
Canada - Alberta · Multi-cohort longitudinal gambling study
Adult cohorts aged 18-20, 23-25, 43-45 and 63-65; separate adolescent file
MANITOBA_LGCM_II_2022
Liquor, Gambling and Cannabis in Manitoba Survey II, 2022
Canada - Manitoba · Cross-sectional mixed-mode adult survey
Manitobans aged 18+
MANITOBA_YA
Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults
Canada · Longitudinal young adult survey
Young adults
MHCYP
Mental Health of Children and Young People in England
England · National probability survey with follow-up waves
Children and young people in England, with follow-up waves in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
MCS
Millennium Cohort Study
UK · Birth cohort
Age 14 gambling items
NCS_R
National Comorbidity Survey Replication
United States · National cross-sectional psychiatric epidemiology survey
US household adults aged 18+; gambling in Part II subsample
NGSN_DRF
National Gambling Support Network Data Reporting Framework, 2015-2026
Great Britain · Longitudinal treatment-service administrative records in linked relational tables
Adults aged 18+ accessing NGSN treatment or support
ADDHEALTH
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
United States · Longitudinal cohort
Adolescents followed into adulthood
NSW
National Survey for Wales gambling module
Wales · Repeated cross-sectional household survey
Adults aged 16+ in UKDS study; gambling report aged 18+ for 2022/23
OSDUHS
Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey
Canada · Repeated cross-sectional school survey
Grades 7-12
OXWELL
OxWell Student Survey
England · Repeated cross-sectional school survey (waves 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025; gambling items in 2019-2021 only)
Pupils aged 8-18 (school Years 4-13 incl. FE colleges); gambling items asked of older pupils only
QLS
Quinte Longitudinal Study of Gambling and Problem Gambling
Canada - Ontario · Five-wave annual adult longitudinal cohort
Adults approximately 18-90 in the Quinte region
SHRN
School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey
Wales · Repeated cross-sectional school survey
Secondary school pupils; years 7-11
SHES_2017_2018_2019_2021
Scottish Health Survey 2012-2017 and 2021 (gambling module years)
Scotland · Repeated cross-sectional health survey
Age 16+ adults; includes 16-24 young adults
STS_ATS_GB_2022
Smoking and Alcohol Toolkit Studies: October 2022 GB gambling module
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional surveillance survey; one-off gambling pilot module
Adults aged 18+ living in Great Britain
UK_BIOBANK_GAMBLING
UK Biobank gambling-adjacent questionnaire and linked clinical records
United Kingdom · Prospective volunteer cohort with questionnaires and linked health records
Recruited age 40-69 in 2006-2010
USOC
Understanding Society / UK Household Longitudinal Study
UK · Household panel
Adults and young adults within household panel; gambling module in Wave 13 self-completion
WOS_TWENTY07
West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community
Scotland · Three-cohort longitudinal study of people born around 1932, 1952 and 1972, followed over five waves from 1987/88 to 2007/08
Regional sample from the Central Clydeside Conurbation plus a localities sample from two Glasgow areas
YPGS
Young People and Gambling Survey
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional school survey
11-17 in recent waves; historic 11-16
YPBAS
Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey
Northern Ireland · Cross-sectional school-based survey of post-primary pupils (roughly every three years since 2000; gambling module in the 2022 wave only)
Post-primary pupils aged 11-16 (school Years 8-12)
YOUTH07_NZ
Youth'07 - New Zealand Youth Health and Wellbeing Survey
New Zealand · Cross-sectional nationally representative school survey
Secondary school students aged 12-19