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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Jun;24(2):292–299. doi: 10.1037/a0018126

Table 1.

Prevalence of Family History Reports of Paternal and Maternal Gambling Involvement by Gender of Informant

	Gender of Informant
Gambling Behavior	Males (%)(N = 2037)	Females (%)(N = 2727)	Odds Ratio^a	95% CI	p-value
Ever Gambled
Father	80.94	80.67	1.02	(0.88 – 1.18)	0.82
Mother	75.47	79.52	0.79	(0.69 – 0.91)	< .01
Gambled Monthly
Father	40.75	40.89	0.99	(0.88 – 1.12)	0.93
Mother	32.78	38.80	0.77	(0.68 – 0.87)	< .001
Gambled Weekly
Father	31.89	33.64	0.92	(0.81 – 1.05)	0.22
Mother	25.57	31.35	0.75	(0.66 – 0.86)	< .001
Gambling Problem
Father	4.12	4.86	0.84	(0.63 – 1.12)	0.24
Mother	1.98	2.74	0.72	(0.48 – 1.06)	0.10

^a

Note: Odds ratios were computed with females as the reference group (i.e., female = 0, male = 1).