Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics by categories of the continuing gambling severity (N = 1,251)
From: Severity of gambling behaviors: exploring associations with venues, legality, and substance use
Non-problem gambling (n = 746) N (%) | Low-risk gambling (n = 319) N (%) | Moderate risk gambling (n = 141) N (%) | Problem gambling (n = 45) N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||
18–28 (a) 29–41 (b) 42+ (c) | 199 (51.3%) (c) 233 (55.9%) (c) 314 (70.4%) (a, b) | 113 (29.1%) (c) 111 (26.6%) 95 (21.3%) (a) | 58 (14.9%) (c) 56 (13.4%) (c) 27 (6.1%) (a, b) | 18 (4.6%) 17 (4.1%) 10 (2.2%) | χ2(6) = 40.34, p < 0.001 |
Gender | |||||
Male (a) Female (b) | 383 (55.1%) (b) 356 (65.9%) (a) | 183 (26.3%) 132 (24.4%) | 98 (14.1%) (b) 41 (7.6%) (a) | 31 (4.5%) (b) 11 (2.0%) (a) | χ2(3) = 23.05, p < 0.001 |
Martial status | |||||
Single (a) Married (b) Other (c) | 203 (51.3%) (b, c) 426 (63.0%) (a) 68 (70.8%) (a) | 118 (29.8%) 162 (24.0%) 21 (21.9%) | 59 (14.9%) (c) 68 (10.1%) 5 (5.2%) (a) | 16 (4.0%) 20 (3.0%) 2 (2.1%) | χ2(6) = 21.83, p < 0.001 |
Religiosity | |||||
Secular Traditional Religious Orthodox | 214 (62.2%) 133 (53.0%) 314 (61.9%) 64 (57.7%) | 88 (25.6%) 73 (29.1%) 123 (24.3%) 25 (22.5%) | 33 (9.6%) 34 (13.5%) 53 (10.5%) 17 (15.3%) | 9 (2.6%) 11 (4.4%) 17 (3.4%) 5 (4.5%) | χ2(9) = 10.32, p > 0.05 |
Economic status | |||||
Low (a) Average (b) High (c) | 319 (53.7%) (b, c) 19 (63.7%) (a) 187 (68.2%) (a) | 168 (28.3%) (c) 77 (25.7%) 56 (20.4%) (a) | 81 (13.6%) 28 (9.3%) 23 (8.4%) | 26 (4.4%) 4 (1.3%) 8 (2.9%) | χ2(6) = 23.95, p < 0.001 |