Gambling behavior of husbands of married women living in Turkey and risk factors

ABSTRACT

Objectives

Gambling is a problem that has dated back to early history, across the world and in most cultures. Gambling behavior has a lot of negative health, social and environmental effects. The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors influencing the gambling behavior of husbands of married women in Turkey.

Method

This study utilized a micro dataset from “National Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey” conducted by Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies in 2014. The factors affecting on the gambling behavior of the husbands of married women were determined by gompit and binary logistic regression analyses.

Results

The analysis results concluded that the best model was the gompit regression model. The findings from the application of this model suggested that variables of regional differences, household welfare level, men’s alcohol and drug use influenced the gambling behavior of married women’s husbands.

Conclusion

In order to develop preventive strategies to reduce gambling behavior, individuals living in Southern Turkey and households with low-income should be primarily addressed, and men who use alcohol and drugs, should be addressed as well.

KEYWORDS:

• Gambling activity
• married men
• survey
• gompit regression
• risk factors

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Turkish Statistical Institute for providing the data. The views and opinions expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors only and do not necessarily represent the views, official policy, or position of the Turkish Statistical Institute.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This research received no specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.