Table 1.

Socio-demographic, psychiatric, and military service characteristics by problem-gambling severity

	NG (n = 390; 52.85%)		SG (n = 317; 42.95%)		ARPG (n = 31; 4.20%)
	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD	P
Socio-demographic measure
Ethnicity
Caucasian	296	75.90	253	79.81	25	80.65	.427
Other	94	24.10	64	20.19	6	19.35
Gender
Male	228	58.46	209	65.93	26	83.87	.006
Female	162	41.54	108	34.07	5	16.13
Education
High school or less	55	14.10	28	8.83	4	12.90	.095
>High school	335	85.90	289	91.17	27	87.10
Income
<20k	68	17.44	42	13.25	7	22.58	.183
20k+	322	82.56	275	86.75	24	77.42
Age	36.83	9.44	36.50	11.51	36.23	116.87	.851
Psychiatric measure
PTSD	271	69.49	220	69.40	29	93.55	.016
Anxiety	178	45.64	133	41.96	19	61.29	.102
Panic disorder	146	37.44	130	41.01	20	64.52	.011
Substance dependence	17	4.36	11	3.47	5	16.13	.005
Alcohol dependence	71	18.21	63	19.87	8	25.81	.546
TBI	98	25.13	102	32.18	13	41.94	.031
Depression	116	29.74	97	30.60	22	70.97	<.0001
Mental health services	165	42.31	131	41.32	18	58.06	.196
Military service experience
Pre-deployment life events	16.25	8.56	17.45	9.17	23.00	8.32	.128
Training and deployment preparation	44.64	18.36	45.04	18.55	41.94	16.96	.330
Deployment environment	48.09	11.23	48.06	10.87	53.52	12.24	.066
Unit support	71.68	19.59	73.08	18.58	68.90	20.98	.501
Relationships during deployment (Gen)	16.29	6.36	15.62	5.89	19.06	6.80	.010
Relationships during deployment (Sex)	9.70	3.27	9.30	3.36	9.97	4.25	.224
Combat experiences	19.11	15.85	18.89	16.93	23.52	12.94	.313
Post-battle experiences	19.74	15.08	18.71	14.77	22.52	12.82	.325
Post-deployment life events	3.91	2.85	3.83	2.59	6.84	3.08	<.0001
Post-deployment support	43.63	10.25	45.11	9.94	36.32	10.63	<.0001

Note. NG = non-gambling; SG = social gambling; ARPG = at-risk/probable pathological gambling; PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder; TBI = traumatic brain injury; Gen = general harassment; Sex = sexual harassment. Bolded values are statistically significant at p < .05.