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.”

Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability
Jens Beckert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne [E-Mail], Mark Lutter, University of Wuppertal [E-Mail]	2014	~5900	inno	tag6, lot4, tag4, tag3, tag5, tag2, tag7, lot3, lot2, lot1, tag1, im_lot, tag8	04/2017