Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of respondents.

Norm	Variant	Frequency	Percentages (%)	Cumulative percentage (%)	M	SD
Sex	Male	628	59.7	59.7	1.40	0.49
	Females	424	40.3	100.0
Age	Under 18	134	12.7	12.7	2.48	1.19
	18–25 years	592	56.3	69.0
	26–35 years	144	13.7	82.7
	36–45 years	78	7.4	90.1
	46–55 years	73	6.9	97.1
	55 years and over	31	2.9	100.0
Careers	National public officials	136	12.9	12.9	4.04	1.59
	Private sector employees	119	11.3	24.2
	Profession	66	6.3	30.5
	Self-employed person	55	5.2	35.7
	Students	603	57.3	93.1
	Else	73	6.9	100.0
Education level	Junior high school and below	33	3.1	3.1	3.51	0.98
	High school or secondary school	169	16.1	19.2
	Three-year college	182	17.3	36.5
	Undergraduate	561	53.3	89.8
	Master's degree or above	107	10.2	100.0
Monthly salary	Below RMB 1500	399	37.9	37.9	2.49	1.45
	RMB 1500–3000 yuan	177	16.8	54.8
	RMB 3,000–6,000 yuan	164	15.6	70.3
	RMB 6000–10,000	184	17.5	87.8
	RMB 10,000 or more	128	12.2	100.0
Favourite game types	Multiplayer online tactical competitive game	710	67.5	67.5	0.67	0.47
	First person shooter	595	56.6	124.1	0.57	0.50
	Real-time strategy games	346	32.9	157.0	0.33	0.47
	Collectible card game	311	29.6	186.6	0.30	0.46