Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of black and white respondents by gambling problem severity.

	White respondents							Black respondents
	NG		LRG		PPG		P	NG		LRG		PPG		P
Characteristics	N/mean	%/se	N/mean	%/se	N/mean	%/se		N/mean	%/se	N/mean	%/se	N/mean	%/se
Gender							<.0001							<.0001
Male	6,928	43.6	3,802	58.6	68	68.2		1,862	39.5	1,001	54.6	33	51.1
Female	10,431	56.4	3,157	41.4	42	31.8		3,897	60.5	1,052	45.4	43	48.9
Marital status							<.0001							<.0001
Married	9,394	63.7	3,974	66.8	48	49.8		1,908	40.4	802	48.1	17	29.1
Previously married	4,594	17.6	1,855	18.1	30	22.9		1,848	22.4	662	22.5	23	19.7
Never married	3,371	18.8	1,130	15.1	32	27.2		2,003	37.1	589	29.4	36	51.3
Education							<.0001							.52
Less than HS	2,096	11.5	787	10.8	18	15.9		1,241	19.6	425	19.5	22	22.2
HS graduate	5,007	29.3	2,190	31.9	43	42.5		1,846	32.2	657	32.0	23	36.7
Some college	5,197	30.5	2,283	32.9	35	28.1		1,713	32.1	642	32.8	22	33.2
College or higher	5,059	28.7	1,699	24.4	14	13.4		959	16.1	329	15.6	9	7.9
Employment							.0003							.25
Full time	8,554	51.4	3,664	55.8	63	55.5		2,953	53.9	1,114	57.2	35	43.7
Part time	1,846	11.2	666	9.9	13	13.0		519	9.5	170	8.3	7	10.8
Not working	6,959	37.5	2,629	34.3	34	31.5		2,287	36.6	769	34.5	34	45.4
Age	46.4	0.2	48.3	0.3	41.7	2.1	<.0001	41.8	0.3	44.5	0.5	36.9	2.2	<.0001
Income	57,387	1116.7	60,303	1347.6	46,254	3512.0	.0004	38,368	1217.5	42,192	1167.5	34,541	4675.7	.013

Note: NG = no gambling or low-frequency gambling group; LRG = low-risk or at-risk gambling group; PPG = problem or pathological gambling group. Ns represent actual number in each category; %s indicate weighted percentages.