Table 3.
Unadjusted and adjusted odds of risky gambling, among those gambling at all, by alcohol use and sociodemographic characteristics
| Some vs. risky gambling (weighted) | Bivariable logistic regression | Multivariable logistic regression | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
| N | Unadjusted OR | Adjusted OR | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | p | |||
| All Victorian adults | 1720 | |||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 902 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Female | 818 | 0.66*** | 0.51** | 0.52** | 0.35 | 0.79 | 0.002 | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–34 | 343 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 35–49 | 347 | 0.57** | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.53 | 1.50 | 0.677 | |
| 50–64 | 472 | 0.49** | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.41 | 1.16 | 0.164 | |
| 65+ | 558 | 0.36*** | 0.48** | 0.56* | 0.33 | 0.96 | 0.033 | |
| Region in Victoria | ||||||||
| Melbourne | 1,289 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Regional | 431 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.45 | 1.23 | 0.259 | |
| First language at home | ||||||||
| English | 1,407 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Other | 311 | 1.84** | 1.73* | 1.91* | 1.16 | 3.12 | 0.011 | |
| Personal Income, per year | ||||||||
| Nil - $41,599 | 668 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| $41,600 - $77,999 | 331 | 1.04 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.46 | 1.26 | 0.259 | |
| $78,000 or more | 353 | 0.62* | 0.47** | 0.42** | 0.24 | 0.72 | 0.002 | |
| Missing | 368 | 0.52** | 0.46** | 0.44** | 0.25 | 0.76 | 0.003 | |
| HED | ||||||||
| Never | 974 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Less than monthly | 397 | 1.04 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.42 | 1.12 | 0.132 | |
| Monthly | 211 | 2.03** | 1.69 | 0.90 | 0.49 | 1.67 | 0.738 | |
| Weekly or daily | 138 | 4.80*** | 4.00*** | 2.25** | 1.22 | 4.15 | 0.009 | |
| Drinking alcohol while gambling | ||||||||
| Never | 1,076 | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | ||||
| Sometimes | 429 | 2.49*** | -- | 2.49*** | 1.56 | 3.96 | < 0.001 | |
| Often/always | 211 | 5.32*** | -- | 4.29*** | 2.53 | 7.26 | < 0.001 | |
Note. *p < .05, ** p < .01, ***p < .001; Exact p-values are provided for the multivariable analyses; aModel 1 includes HED only, model 2 includes HED and alcohol use while gambling.