caa a22 4500 467916632 CHVBK 20180406152905.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-004-6337-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-004-6337-7 Social Capital and Casino Gambling in U.S. Communities [Elektronische Daten] [Mary Griswold, Mark Nichols] This paper empirically analyzes the impact that the spread of casino gambling has on social capital in communities throughout the United States. Social capital is a networking process that translates into an individual's effectiveness in the community and workplace, and binds communities together. Several recent studies have also demonstrated a link between higher levels of social capital and quality of life. In this study, social capital is measured based on six dimensions: trust, civic, volunteerism, group participation, giving, and meeting obligations of family and friends. Using data from the DDB Needham database for the years 1978, 1988, and 1998, regression analysis is conducted on over 300 Metropolitan Statistical Areas throughout the United States to determine the impact that the spread of casino gambling has on social capital. The results of the analysis indicate that the presence of casino gambling significantly reduces social capital when a casino is located within 15 miles of a community, suggesting that a casino's location influences a community's quality of life and should be a consideration when deciding on the merits of gambling legalization. Springer, 2006 Griswold Mary Center for Education, Health Services Outreach, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno aut Nichols Mark Department of Economics, University of Nevada, 89557, Reno, NV, USA aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 77/3(2006-07-01), 369-394 0303-8300 77:3<369 2006 77 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-6337-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-6337-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Griswold Mary Center for Education, Health Services Outreach, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nichols Mark Department of Economics, University of Nevada, 89557, Reno, NV, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 77/3(2006-07-01), 369-394 0303-8300 77:3<369 2006 77 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer