Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of gamblers by the two age groups (n = 2252).

	Gamblers aged 19–59 years (N = 1990)		Gamblers aged 60 years and older (N = 262)			Gamblers aged 60 years and older versus Gamblers aged 19–59 years
	N	%	N	%	P value	OR	95% CI		P value
							Lower	Upper
Ethnicity
Chinese	1075	89.5	157	93.6	< 0.001	Ref.
Malay	253	3.0	15	1.0		0.2	0.1	0.4	< 0.001
Indian	562	5.2	67	4.0		0.7	0.5	1.0	0.066
Others	100	2.3	23	1.3		1.0	0.6	1.9	0.928
Gender
Male	1267	56.1	184	64.6	0.038	5.1	3.1	8.3	< 0.001
Female	723	43.9	78	35.4		Ref.
Marital status
Never married	607	33.1	18	8.1	< 0.001	Ref.
Currently married	1273	61.2	203	73.1		5.3	2.5	11.3	< 0.001
Divorced/separated	89	4.5	9	2.8		2.2	0.7	7.4	0.1897
Widowed	20	1.1	32	16.0		68.1	19.8	233.7	< 0.001
Education
Pre-primary	34	2.1	40	21.0	< 0.001	21.7	6.8	69.4	< 0.001
Primary	226	11.9	74	31.2		7.2	2.6	19.5	0.001
Secondary	586	27.5	85	28.9		3.0	1.2	7.7	0.021
Pre-U/junior college/diploma	435	24.2	38	13.9		2.4	0.9	5.9	0.066
Vocational	205	8.4	4	1.0		0.4	0.1	2.9	0.397
University	504	25.8	21	4.1		Ref.
Employment status
Employed	1626	83.2	119	44.8	< 0.001	Ref.
Economically inactive	211	13.1	129	52.6		5.2	3.1	8.9	< 0.001
Unemployed	83	3.7	6	2.7		0.6	0.2	2.4	0.478
Personal income (annual in SGD)
S$19,999 and below	781	39.8	180	81.6	< 0.001	2.4	1.1	5.2	0.034
S$20,000–49,999	722	38.3	25	10.2		0.6	0.2	1.3	0.190
S$50,000 and above	428	21.9	26	8.1		Ref.

OR was derived from logistic regression model after adjusting for covariates.