Gambling participation in Australia: Findings from the national Household Expenditure Survey

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-221

  Worthington, Andrew ^a   Brown, Kerry ^b   Crawford, Mary ^b   Pickernell, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional analysis; Gambling expenditure; Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249026103     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9006-1     Document Type: Article

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