Year

Year of survey.

Changes between years

Statistical significance is measured at the 5% significance level ( p value < .05).

Statistically significant differences between survey years ( p < .05) are indicated by the symbols and (significant increase or decrease respectively).

The symbol ≈ indicates there is no statistically significant difference between survey years.

A statistically significant difference is likely to represent a real change over time, rather than random variation due to the sampling process.

Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) - components

Gambling harm

Components of the 9-item Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI; Ferris & Wynne, 2001) that assess people's experiences of gambling-related harm in the last 12 months.

- Data

Prevalence for selected subtopic

This table gives the percentage of the population affected (that is, the unadjusted prevalence in the specified population). Click on an indicator to find out more about it.

Year

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	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Bet more than they could really afford to lose	3.6	( 2.9 - 4.3 )	4.1	( 3.2 - 5.3 )	3.1	( 2.3 - 4 )
Needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling or excitement	2.1	( 1.6 - 2.7 )	2.6	( 1.8 - 3.7 )	1.7	( 1.1 - 2.4 )
Gone back another day to try and win back the money they lost	2.3	( 1.8 - 2.9 )	3.0	( 2.2 - 4 )	1.5	( 1 - 2.3 )
Borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble	0.5	( 0.3 - 0.8 )	0.8	( 0.4 - 1.4 )	0.2	( 0.1 - 0.4 )
Felt that they might have a problem with gambling	2.1	( 1.6 - 2.7 )	2.5	( 1.7 - 3.5 )	1.6	( 1 - 2.5 )
Gambling has caused them health problems, including stress or anxiety	1.6	( 1.2 - 2.2 )	1.9	( 1.2 - 2.9 )	1.4	( 1 - 2 )
Have been criticised for betting or told they have a gambling problem	1.5	( 1.1 - 2 )	2.2	( 1.4 - 3.1 )	0.9	( 0.6 - 1.4 )
Gambling has caused financial problems for themselves or their household	0.7	( 0.5 - 1.1 )	0.8	( 0.4 - 1.6 )	0.6	( 0.4 - 1 )
Felt guilty about the way they gamble, or what happens when they gamble	4.2	( 3.5 - 5 )	5.0	( 3.9 - 6.2 )	3.5	( 2.7 - 4.5 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Bet more than they could really afford to lose	7.3	( 4.7 - 10.7 )	8.9	( 4.4 - 15.5 )	5.8	( 3.4 - 9.2 )
Needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling or excitement	4.5	( 2.3 - 7.7 )	5.4	( 1.9 - 12 )	3.6	( 1.6 - 6.7 )
Gone back another day to try and win back the money they lost	4.0	( 2.2 - 6.5 )	6.2	( 2.9 - 11.2 )	1.9	( 0.8 - 3.8 )
Borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble	1.3	( 0.4 - 2.9 )	2.4	( 0.7 - 5.7 )	0.2	( 0 - 0.6 )
Felt that they might have a problem with gambling	4.7	( 2.6 - 7.8 )	6.8	( 2.9 - 13.1 )	2.7	( 1.4 - 4.7 )
Gambling has caused them health problems, including stress or anxiety	5.3	( 3 - 8.6 )	6.7	( 2.7 - 13.2 )	4.0	( 2 - 7.1 )
Have been criticised for betting or told they have a gambling problem	2.8	( 1.3 - 5.1 )	3.9	( 1.3 - 8.8 )	1.7	( 0.7 - 3.4 )
Gambling has caused financial problems for themselves or their household	1.8	( 0.6 - 4.2 )	2.3	( 0.3 - 7.7 )	1.4	( 0.5 - 2.8 )
Felt guilty about the way they gamble, or what happens when they gamble	8.0	( 5.4 - 11.4 )	10.0	( 5.5 - 16.4 )	6.1	( 3.5 - 9.8 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Bet more than they could really afford to lose	10.5	( 6.4 - 15.9 )	9.6	( 5.2 - 16 )	11.3	( 5 - 20.9 )
Needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling or excitement	6.7	( 3.6 - 11.1 )	8.3	( 3.4 - 16.4 )	5.1	( 2 - 10.4 )
Gone back another day to try and win back the money they lost	5.9	( 2.7 - 11 )	6.8	( 3.2 - 12.3 )	5.2	( 0.9 - 15.5 )
Borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble	1.5	( 0.3 - 3.9 )	2.4	( 0.4 - 7.8 )	0.5	( 0.1 - 1.6 )
Felt that they might have a problem with gambling	5.1	( 2.1 - 10.1 )	5.5	( 2.4 - 10.5 )	4.7	( 0.6 - 15.5 )
Gambling has caused them health problems, including stress or anxiety	3.0	( 1.1 - 6.4 )	3.6	( 1.1 - 8.4 )	2.4	( 0.3 - 8.9 )
Have been criticised for betting or told they have a gambling problem	0.8	( 0.3 - 1.5 )	0.7	( 0.2 - 1.9 )	0.8	( 0.3 - 1.9 )
Gambling has caused financial problems for themselves or their household	1.2	( 0.4 - 3 )	2.0	( 0.4 - 5.9 )	0.5	( 0.1 - 1.5 )
Felt guilty about the way they gamble, or what happens when they gamble	10.5	( 6.5 - 15.9 )	10.8	( 5.8 - 17.9 )	10.3	( 4.5 - 19.4 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Bet more than they could really afford to lose	5.6	( 3.9 - 7.7 )	7.2	( 4.8 - 10.4 )	4.1	( 2 - 7.3 )
Needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling or excitement	2.6	( 1.5 - 4.2 )	3.1	( 1.6 - 5.3 )	2.2	( 0.7 - 5 )
Gone back another day to try and win back the money they lost	2.6	( 1.5 - 4.1 )	3.1	( 1.6 - 5.3 )	2.1	( 0.7 - 4.7 )
Borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble	0.3	( 0.1 - 0.8 )	0.5	( 0.1 - 1.4 )	0.2	( 0 - 0.9 )
Felt that they might have a problem with gambling	1.1	( 0.5 - 2.2 )	1.4	( 0.5 - 3 )	0.9	( 0.2 - 2.8 )
Gambling has caused them health problems, including stress or anxiety	0.7	( 0.3 - 1.5 )	1.1	( 0.3 - 2.8 )	0.3	( 0 - 0.9 )
Have been criticised for betting or told they have a gambling problem	0.6	( 0.2 - 1.1 )	1.0	( 0.4 - 2.1 )	0.2	( 0 - 0.9 )
Gambling has caused financial problems for themselves or their household	0.2	( 0.1 - 0.6 )	0.3	( 0.1 - 1 )	0.2	( 0 - 0.9 )
Felt guilty about the way they gamble, or what happens when they gamble	3.3	( 2 - 5.1 )	4.9	( 2.7 - 8.2 )	1.8	( 0.6 - 3.9 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Bet more than they could really afford to lose	1.9	( 1.4 - 2.5 )	2.2	( 1.4 - 3.5 )	1.6	( 1.1 - 2.2 )
Needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling or excitement	1.4	( 0.9 - 2 )	1.6	( 0.8 - 2.7 )	1.2	( 0.7 - 1.9 )
Gone back another day to try and win back the money they lost	1.5	( 1.1 - 2 )	2.0	( 1.4 - 2.9 )	1.0	( 0.6 - 1.5 )
Borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble	0.3	( 0.1 - 0.7 )	0.6	( 0.2 - 1.3 )	0.1	( 0 - 0.5 )
Felt that they might have a problem with gambling	1.7	( 1.1 - 2.3 )	2.0	( 1.2 - 3.2 )	1.3	( 0.8 - 2.2 )
Gambling has caused them health problems, including stress or anxiety	1.5	( 1 - 2.1 )	1.6	( 0.9 - 2.8 )	1.4	( 0.9 - 1.9 )
Have been criticised for betting or told they have a gambling problem	1.5	( 1 - 2.1 )	2.1	( 1.3 - 3.2 )	0.9	( 0.5 - 1.6 )
Gambling has caused financial problems for themselves or their household	0.5	( 0.3 - 0.8 )	0.5	( 0.2 - 0.9 )	0.6	( 0.3 - 0.9 )
Felt guilty about the way they gamble, or what happens when they gamble	3.6	( 2.8 - 4.4 )	4.1	( 3 - 5.4 )	3.1	( 2.3 - 4.2 )

Source: New Zealand Gambling Survey

Notes:

Dashes indicate that the data is not available.