Table 3.
Perceived benefit and harm of gambling | Interactive gamblers | Non-interactive gamblers | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
The harm far outweighs the benefits | 341 | 33.3 | 422 | 46.9* |
The harm somewhat outweighs the benefits | 357 | 34.8 | 277 | 30.8 |
The benefits are about equal to the harm | 207 | 20.2 | 152 | 16.9 |
The benefits somewhat outweigh the harm | 82 | 8.0* | 28 | 3.1 |
The benefits far outweigh the harm | 38 | 3.7 | 20 | 2.2 |
χ2 (4, N = 1,924) = 51.18, p < 0.001, Φ = 0.16 |
Weighted by product of design and post-stratification weights. The weights were normed so that total N = 1,980. The total N is different due to rounding and refused responses