Lottery Play¶
Short Description: This SOEP-IS module measures lottery play (expenditure, frequency, individual vs. social play) plus three possible explanatory variables: A “daydreaming”-scale, measuring individual tendencies to indulge in fantasies about positive future states; an “alienation”-scale, measuring senselessness and dissatisfaction with daily (work) routines, and a “work-ethic”-scale, measuring attitudes toward work and effort.
Methodological Details: Twelve self-report items in total. Examples include “How much money did you spend on lottery tickets within the last month?”, “I often dream how it would be like to win a large amount of money in the lottery.” and “I think my daily job is much more interesting than those of others.”
Available Papers
Lutter, Mark, Daria Tisch, and Jens Beckert. 2018. Social Explanations of Lottery Play: New Evidence Based on National Survey Data. Journal of Gambling Studies 34 (4), 1185–1203. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-018-9748-0)
Find the proposal for the module here
Contact |
Syear |
Respondents |
Dataset |
Variables |
Availability |
Field |
Method |
Replication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jens Beckert (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne), Mark Lutter (University of Wuppertal) |
2014 |
~5900 |
inno |
tag1, lot2, tag4, lot4, tag6, lot1, tag8, tag3, lot3, tag5, tag2, im_lot, tag7 |
04/2017 |
Sociology |
Survey items |