Table 3.
Locations of Internet access and scope of Internet sites used among adolescents according to Internet gambling practices
| Overall Internet gambling (n = 281) | Frequent Internet gambling (n = 109) | Infrequent Internet gambling (n = 172) | No Internet gambling (n = 524) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | AOR (95% CI) | n (%) | AOR (95% CI) | n (%) | AOR (95% CI) | n (%) | |
| Locations of access | |||||||
| Own home | 274 (97.5) | 2.00 (0.85–4.69) | 108 (99.1) | 5.53 (0.74–4.14) | 166 (96.5) | 1.42 (0.57–3.53) | 498 (95.0) |
| Friend’s home | 241 (85.8) | 1.94 (1.30–2.87) | 92 (84.4) | 1.76 (1.00–3.08) | 149 (86.6) | 2.13 (1.31–3.46) | 397 (75.8) |
| Internet café | 146 (52.0) | 2.13 (1.56–2.91) | 67 (61.5) | 2.97 (1.90–4.64) | 79 (45.9) | 1.71 (1.18–2.48) | 170 (32.4) |
| Cellular phone | 135 (48.0) | 1.62 (1.19–2.19) | 56 (51.4) | 1.77 (1.16–2.72) | 79 (45.9) | 1.51 (1.08–2.16) | 186 (35.5) |
| Sites accessed E-mail | 259 (92.2) | 1.55 (0.92–2.61) | 100 (91.7) | 1.52 (0.72–3.20) | 159 (92.4) | 1.55 (0.82–2.90) | 465 (88.7) |
| Mass media | 180 (64.1) | 1.13 (0.84–1.54) | 67 (61.5) | 0.93 (0.60–1.42) | 115 (66.9) | 1.29 (0.89–1.86) | 322 (61.4) |
| Chat-rooms | 268 (95.4) | 2.57 (1.31–4.82) | 104 (95.4) | 2.72 (1.06–7.00) | 164 (95.4) | 2.53 (1.18–5.44) | 468 (89.3) |
| Game-playing | 257 (91.5) | 6.84 (4.23–11.07) | 101 (92.7) | 7.79 (3.60–16.84) | 156 (90.7) | 6.29 (3.55–11.16) | 322 (61.4) |
| Sexual information | 134 (47.7) | 1.99 (1.42–2.81) | 60 (55.0) | 2.57 (1.59–4.15) | 74 (43.0) | 1.69 (1.14–2.53) | 162 (30.9) |
| Purchases | 151 (53.7) | 1.38 (0.99–1.91) | 57 (52.3) | 1.72 (1.03–2.87) | 94 (54.6) | 1.24 (0.85–1.80) | 270 (51.5) |
AOR: Adjusted odds ratio for age and gender; 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval.