Table 3.
Adjusted odds ratios for gambling characteristics across gambling groups
| Variables | Gambling Type
|
Interaction Odds Ratio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Gamblers | Non-Internet Gamblers | ||||||
| At-Risk & Problem/Pathological Gamblers vs. Low-Risk Gamblers | At-Risk & Problem/Pathological Gamblers vs. Low-Risk Gamblers | Internet Gambling vs. Non-Internet Gambling | |||||
| Adjusted odds ratios | P-Value | Adjusted odds ratios | P-Value | Adjusted odds ratios | P-Value | ||
| Gambling Types | |||||||
| Strategic | Yes | 4.69 | 0.2007 | 3.09 | 0.0039 | 1.39 | 0.7884 |
| Nonstrategic | Yes | 1.72 | 0.0861 | 1.45 | 0.0068 | 1.35 | 0.3708 |
| Machine | Yes | 3.34 | <0.0001 | 1.61 | 0.0002 | 1.96 | 0.0324 |
| Gambling Motivations | |||||||
| Gamble for Excitement | Yes | 1.63 | 0.1155 | 2.93 | <0.0001 | 0.53 | 0.0540 |
| Gamble for Financial | Yes | 3.15 | <0.0001 | 3.12 | <0.0001 | 0.91 | 0.7330 |
| Gamble for Escape | Yes | 2.50 | <0.0001 | 2.42 | <0.0001 | 0.99 | 0.9791 |
| Gamble for Social | Yes | 1.31 | 0.2092 | 1.96 | <0.0001 | 0.66 | 0.0992 |
| Gambling Urges | |||||||
| Pressure | Yes | 3.28 | 0.0005 | 3.81 | <0.0001 | 0.84 | 0.6722 |
| Anxiety | Yes | 15.48 | <0.0001 | 10.65 | <0.0001 | 1.06 | 0.9323 |
| Gambling Partners | |||||||
| Gamble with Adults | Yes | 2.03 | 0.0015 | 1.99 | <0.0001 | 1.02 | 0.9321 |
| Gamble with Family | Yes | 1.27 | 0.2748 | 1.43 | 0.0037 | 0.84 | 0.4641 |
| Gamble with Friends | Yes | 0.73 | 0.2960 | 2.04 | <0.0001 | 0.32 | 0.0003 |
| Gamble with Strangers | Yes | 3.78 | <0.0001 | 3.40 | <0.0001 | 1.09 | 0.8316 |
| Gamble Alone | Yes | 2.68 | 0.0007 | 2.45 | 0.0005 | 1.16 | 0.7007 |
| Gambling Onset and Duration | |||||||
| Time Spent Gambling (reference: ≤ 1 hour) | |||||||
| > 1 hour | 4.12 | <0.0001 | 4.23 | <0.0001 | 0.88 | 0.6976 | |
| Age of Onset (reference: > 15 years) | |||||||
| ≤ 8 years | 0.68 | 0.2924 | 1.08 | 0.7452 | 0.62 | 0.2585 | |
| 9–11 years | 0.58 | 0.1034 | 0.86 | 0.4735 | 0.72 | 0.3789 | |
| 12–14 years | 0.41 | 0.0158 | 0.69 | 0.0986 | 0.64 | 0.2662 | |