ABSTRACT
The following variables are used very often in the descriptions and analyses of types of gambling. We have given each of the categories of the variable names which provide for ease of exposition and are less confusing than the numerical terms that were the original categories. They are:
The age variable was divided into four categories: https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> 18 to 25 years old Youngest 26 to 45 years old Young https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315866697/0e72951f-1c9c-40b9-855e-d36d5ac06e91/content/inline_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>middle-aged 46 to 65 years old Older 66 or more Elderly
The (1968) income of households also contains four categories: https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> Less than £612 Poorest https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315866697/0e72951f-1c9c-40b9-855e-d36d5ac06e91/content/inline_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>poor £613 to £999 Poorer £1,000 to £1,432 More affluent https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315866697/0e72951f-1c9c-40b9-855e-d36d5ac06e91/content/inline_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>affluent £1,433 or more Most affluent
The two-generational class mobility variable contains four categories: https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> Father middle class and present middle class Stable middle class Father middle class and present working class Downwardly mobile Father working class and present middle class Upwardly mobile Father working class and present working class Stable working class
The dependent variable of gambling is usually the frequency of the activity per year. The categories used in the questionnaire related to periods of the year: https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> Weekly or more often Regularly Monthly or more often but not weekly Sporadically Yearly or more often but not monthly Occasionally
If the categories refer broadly to all gamblers we shall have occasion to refer to them as: https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> Monthly or more often At least sporadically or regularly and sporadically Yearly or more often At least occasionally or annually.
