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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Pers Individ Dif. 2008 Oct;45(6):503–508. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.06.002

Table 1.

Mean levels and frequencies of gambling behaviors of first-year college students

Males (n = x)
Females (n = X)
Overall (n = 418)
Mean (SD) Frequency (%) Mean (SD) Frequency (%) Mean (SD) Frequency (%)
Horse race
Time 1 1.7 (1.0) 44.6 1.6 (0.85) 36.7 1.6 (0.88) 38.8
Time 3 1.7 (0.86) 70.3 1.8 (0.80) 64.6 1.7 (0.82) 66.3
Casino
Time 1 1.2 (0.59) 15.8 1.2 (0.47) 11.5 1.2 (0.53) 12.5
Time 3 1.2 (0.41) 7.0 1 2 (0.40) 9.7 1.2 (0.42) 9.0
Sports event
Time 1 1.7 (0.88) 47.5 1.3 (0.60) 22.6 1.4 (0.70) 28.7
Time 3 1.5 (0.68) 29.7 1.3 (0.52) 17.9 1.4 (0.58) 21.3
Bet money that you did not know how to pay back
Time 1 1.1 (0.28) 4.9 1.0 (0.21) 2.3 1.0 (0.24) 3.2
Time 3 1.1 (0.44) 7.0 1.1 (0.22) 2.9 1.1 (0.32) 3.9
Total gambling scale
Time 1 5.7 (2.0) 65.3 5.0 (1.5) 48.9 5.2 (1.7) 53.6
Time 3 5.7 (2.0) 77.2 5.3 (1.4) 69.5 5.5 (1.7) 71.8