Reports & Studies

Gambling Attitudes and Behaviors

Since 2011 the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has funded Surveys of Public Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Gambling conducted by the Center for Social and Behavioral Research (CSBR) at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). The primary purpose of these surveys is to collect data from adult Iowans who are 18 and older to assess:

• Prevalence of problem gambling;
• Attitudes toward gambling and publicly-funded gambling treatment services; and
• Types and frequency of gambling activities.

Gambling Attitudes and Behaviors: A 2011 Survey of Adult Iowans

Gambling Attitudes and Behaviors: A 2013 Survey of Adult Iowans

Executive Summary

Gambling Attitudes and Behaviors Among Iowa College Students (2013)

Executive Summary

Gambling Attitudes and Behaviors: A 2015 Survey of Adult Iowans

Gambling Attitudes and Behaviors: A 2018 Survey of Adult Iowans 

Iowa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2010-2016 BRFSS Gambling Question Comparison Report

Iowa Gambling Treatment Outcomes (IGTO) Reports

The purpose of the Iowa Gambling Treatment Outcomes Monitoring System is to assess the extent to which problem gambling treatment services provided via the Office of Problem Gambling Treatment and Prevention are associated with positive outcomes for patients who received problem gambling treatment from the IDPH funded problem gambling treatment programs.

IGTO 2004-2013 Reports

IGTO: 2015 Report

IGTO: 2018 Reports 

IGTO: 2020 Report 

IGTO: 2021 Report 

Iowa Youth Survey Problem Gambling Questions

IYS 2012: Problem Gambling Questions Report

IYS 2014: Problem Gambling Questions Report

IYS 2016: Problem Gambling Questions Report 

Factors Associated with Youth Substance Use, Suicide, and Gambling: Findings from the Iowa Youth Survey, 2016 and 2018 

Iowa Problem Gambling Services Annual Report

SFY 2018 Annual Report

SFY 2018 Admission Profiles 

SFY 2018 Persons Served by Service Area 

SFY 2018 Services 

SFY 2019 Annual Report 

SFY 2019 Admission Profiles 

SFY 2019 Persons Served by Service Area 

SFY 2019 Services 

SFY 2020 Annual Report 

SFY 2020 Admission Profiles 

SFY 2020 Persons Served by Service Area 

SFY 2020 Services 

Other Iowa Problem Gambling Services Reports

Developing Problem Gambling Distance Treatment Services in Iowa

Gambling and Problem Gambling in Iowa, Volberg, 1995

Healthy Iowans 2010, Chapter 20 Substance Abuse and Problem Gambling (Mid-Course Revision)

Increasing Gambling Treatment Enrollment in Iowa

Internet Poker: A Public Health Perspective

Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Services: Four Years of Evidence

Iowa Gambling Treatment Program Evaluation Services Project: Follow-up Study Final Report

Other Problem Gambling Related Reports

Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Studies 

Iowa Young Adults Survey (2019) 

Reinvesting In Iowa (Charitable Giving, Iowa Gaming Association) 

Socioeconomic Impact of Gambling on Iowans (2014)

Survey of Problem Gambling Services in the United States (APGSA/NCPG) (2016)