title: [Migration Background and Pathological Gambling: Results of a Nationwide Epidemiological Study on the Impact of Region of Origin in Germany].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the extent to which the presence and number of symptoms of pathological gambling (PG), distinguished by region of origin (RO), differ.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was obtained from a nationwide telephone survey of 15 023 individuals living in Germany and aged 14-64 years. They were categorized according to their RO and the number of symptoms of PG (0-10 DSM-IV-criteria).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lifetime prevalence of PG symptoms is 18.1% for people of the RO Turkey, 9.0% for those of the RO Yugoslavia and 6.8% for those without a migration background. Compared to the latter, the two-part count data regression method showed a higher chance of PG symptoms for the RO Turkey as well as a 70.3 and 87.2% increase in the number of symptoms for the RO Turkey and Yugoslavia, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RO could independently contribute to the presence and amount of symptoms of PG.
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin und Prävention, Universität Greifswald.
authors: N
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authors: Kastirke
authors: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Forschungsgruppe S:TEP, Universität Lübeck.
authors: H-J
authors: HJ
authors: Rumpf
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin und Prävention, Universität Greifswald.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: John
authors: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Forschungsgruppe S:TEP, Universität Lübeck.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bischof
authors: Institut für Sozialmedizin und Prävention, Universität Greifswald.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005715:Gambling; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000208:ethnology