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50 studies (158 datasets) with 26,178 variables indexed for Y-GHRIP evidence mapping

NCDS
1958 National Child Development Study
UK · Birth cohort · Born March 1958; sweep 4 (age 23) contains gambling item
43 variables1 gamblingUKDS registration; most d…
BCS70
1970 British Cohort Study
UK · Birth cohort · Born April 1970; sweep 4 (age 15/16) contains gambling items
54 variables2 gamblingUKDS registration; most d…
ACT_GPS_2019
2019 ACT Gambling Prevalence Survey
Australia - Australian Capital Territory · Cross-sectional adult prevalence survey · Adult ACT residents aged 18+
436 variables372 gamblingADA Request Access for re…
AHAH
Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards
Great Britain · Contextual/geospatial environmental dataset · Not individual participant data; area-level contextual linkage to cohorts/areas
20 variables1 gamblingOpen/public download
APMS
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
England · Cross-sectional psychiatric morbidity survey · Adults; includes younger adults
2,012 variables72 gamblingUKDS/NHS Digital access r…
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
1,246 variables776 gamblingGREO restricted-data requ…
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
5 variables3 gamblingAvailable from correspond…
ALSPAC
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
England · Birth cohort · Adolescence; CLOSER file F17 gambling
806 variables283 gamblingPublic metadata; study-ma…
BIB_AOW
Born in Bradford - Age of Wonder
England · Longitudinal cohort/school survey · Adolescents; post-16 questionnaire also relevant
2,773 variables93 gamblingStudy-managed application…
BGPS
British Gambling Prevalence Survey
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional adult survey · Adults aged 16+; includes 16-24 year olds
811 variables574 gamblingUKDS registered access
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
15 variables15 gamblingICPSR/NACJD download with…
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
5 variables5 gamblingResearch Data Centre cont…
EAGS
Emerging Adults Gambling Survey
Great Britain · Longitudinal survey · Emerging adults aged 16-24
404 variables212 gamblingOSF/public supplements; U…
ESPAD
European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
Europe · Repeated cross-national school survey · Age 15-16
69 variables45 gamblingData portal / application
FIN_GAMBLING_SURVEYS
Finnish Gambling Surveys, 2007-2023
Finland · Repeated national cross-sectional probability surveys · Household population aged 15-74; adult subsamples available
15 variables5 gamblingFSD registration for earl…
FINLAND_SHP
Finnish School Health Promotion Study
Finland · Repeated cross-sectional school survey · Students aged 14-16 (grades 8-9)
3 variables1 gamblingData available from THL w…
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
8 variables5 gamblingSafeguarded data; applica…
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
165 variables142 gamblingUK Data Service registrat…
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
509 variables341 gamblingICPSR/NAHDAP access
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
267 variables81 gamblingUKDS registered access
GSGB
Gambling Survey for Great Britain
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional survey · Adults, includes 18-24
480 variables375 gamblingUKDS registered access; p…
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
461 variables301 gamblingUK Data Service End User …
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
1 variable1 gamblingApplication to the NIHR B…
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
13 variables7 gamblingFree via Australian Data …
GUI98
Growing Up in Ireland Cohort '98
Ireland · Prospective longitudinal cohort · Longitudinal cohort; gambling questions at age 20 (Wave 4) only
3 variables3 gamblingISSDA application / data …
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
1 variable1 gamblingProject proposal to the s…
HBSC
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children
International · Repeated cross-national school survey · Ages 11, 13, 15
9 variables3 gamblingNational team / study-spe…
HSE
Health Survey for England
England · Repeated cross-sectional household health survey · Adults aged 16+; includes 16-24 year olds
731 variables312 gamblingUKDS registered access
HILDA
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
Australia · Annual national household panel · All household members aged 15+; adult subsamples available
6 variables6 gamblingApproved researcher acces…
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
6,801 variables1,982 gamblingGREO restricted-data requ…
MANITOBA_LGCM_II_2022
Liquor, Gambling and Cannabis in Manitoba Survey II, 2022
Canada - Manitoba · Cross-sectional mixed-mode adult survey · Manitobans aged 18+
113 variables20 gamblingBorealis/GREO file reques…
MANITOBA_YA
Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults
Canada · Longitudinal young adult survey · Young adults
159 variables45 gamblingRepository access
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
4 variables4 gamblingUK Data Service; publishe…
MCS
Millennium Cohort Study
UK · Birth cohort · Age 14 gambling items
306 variables5 gamblingPublic questionnaires/met…
NCS_R
National Comorbidity Survey Replication
United States · National cross-sectional psychiatric epidemiology survey · US household adults aged 18+; gambling in Part II subsample
84 variables84 gamblingICPSR public-use/registra…
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
129 variables53 gamblingUK Data Service safeguard…
ADDHEALTH
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
United States · Longitudinal cohort · Adolescents followed into adulthood
7 variables3 gamblingPublic-use and restricted…
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
31 variables30 gamblingUKDS registered access
OSDUHS
Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey
Canada · Repeated cross-sectional school survey · Grades 7-12
12 variables8 gamblingStudy/data-owner route
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
7 variables4 gamblingFree for researchers; acc…
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
4,757 variables1,477 gamblingGREO restricted-data requ…
SHRN
School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey
Wales · Repeated cross-sectional school survey · Secondary school pupils; years 7-11
378 variables5 gamblingStudy-managed request / c…
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
650 variables120 gamblingSafeguarded/End User Lice…
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
3 variables1 gamblingStudy-managed request
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
3 variables2 gamblingUK Biobank approved resea…
USOC
Understanding Society / UK Household Longitudinal Study
UK · Household panel · Adults and young adults within household panel; gambling module in Wave 13 self-completion
5 variables4 gamblingPublic variable search/me…
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
3 variables3 gamblingApplication to the study …
YPGS
Young People and Gambling Survey
Great Britain · Repeated cross-sectional school survey · 11-17 in recent waves; historic 11-16
1,343 variables1,224 gamblingUKDS registered access; p…
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)
8 variables5 gamblingAggregate results publish…
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
4 variables2 gamblingPublished open access; da…