The GambleAware Treatment and Support Survey dataset comprises two annual robust large-scale quantitative surveys, using quota samples to recruit respondents from YouGov’s online panel. In total, 18,879 respondents aged 18+ across Great Britain participated in the 2020 survey, with similar participation for other years available (2019 (two phases), 2021, 2022). The survey was coordinated by the national designated body for preventing and reducing harmful gambling (GambleAware) and so is believed unique.

The dataset includes key demographic variables and information on gambling participation, harms, and reported demand and uptake for treatment and support services. It also includes information on ‘affected others’ (those who are currently or have been affected by another person’s gambling). Individual responses have been weighted to build a representative profile across the country and complemented by the approximate Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) location for 2019, 2020, and 2022 records.

Content
The response data, mapping files that describe the data columns, and the questionnaires themselves, are included.

2019 data includes two phases of surveys- general population; problem gamblers and affected others only. 2020-2022 data includes the general population. 2021 data for individuals only includes UK regions instead of LSOAs. 2022 data includes UK regions or postcode sectors for different records.

Please see below for links to the technical reports for each year, along with partial data summaries and variable dictionaries. Full, data summaries and variable dictionaries are supplied with the data itself.

Quality, Representation and Bias
Weighting adjusts the contribution of individual respondents to aggregated figures and is used to make surveyed populations more representative of a project-relevant, and typically larger, population by forcing it to mimic the distribution of that larger population’s significant characteristics, or its size.
In order to make this study representative, the sample was weighted to be representative of all GB adults (aged 18+) by age, gender, UK region, socio-economic group and ethnic group.