Table 2. Descriptive data of the sample.
|
Total sample (n = 203) |
Disordered gamblers
a (n = 31)b |
Non-disordered gamblers (n = 168) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| Age | 33.84 (14.05) | 34.84 (11.66) | 33.75 (14.48) | |||
| Sex | 69 females | 1 female | 67 females | |||
| Years of education | 15.33 (3.91) | 13.68 (3.35) | 15.62 (3.89) | |||
| Monthly income in Euros | 1935.61 (827.79) | 2016.13 (826.48) | 1913.11 (832.43) | |||
| Gambling severity* | 2.00 (3.57) | 9.45 (3.35) | 0.62 (0.91) | |||
| Gambling frequency** | n = 199 | n = 31 | n = 164 | |||
| Type I | Type II | Type I | Type II | Type I | Type II | |
| Daily | 11 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 2–6 times a week | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Weekly | 11 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 33 |
| 2–3 times a month | 11 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| About once a month | 11 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 6–11 times a year | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 1–5 times a year | 36 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 61 |
| Never | 94 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 86 | 18 |
| Mean duration per typical day in minutes | 113.46 (189.46) | 41.72 (88.44) | 227.84 (249.00) | 154.37 (160.31) | 90.95 (169.57) | 20.83 (43.53) |
| Mean amount of money per typical day in Euros | 55.84 (347.70) | 36.57 (118.44) | 299.69 (842.65) | 177.09 (259.37) | 10.77 (52.59) | 10.80 (14.44) |
| Maximum amount in a single day in Euros | 222.90 (1548.77) | 137.05 (585.88) | 1296.68 (3785.26) | 753.24 (1337.97) | 24.73 (129.91) | 23.64 (44.15) |
a Gamblers with a score equal or higher than 5 in SOGS were categorized as disordered gamblers [87].
b 25 disordered gamblers were in treatment.
*Gambling severity as assessed by SOGS.
** Gambling frequency by game modality (ad-hoc survey).
Type I: Cards, casino games, skills and sports bets; Type II: Lotteries, pools, bingo, and slot machines. Apparent discrepancies are due to the following missing data: Age = 7, sex = 7, year of educations = 5, monthly income = 5, Gambling severity = 4; Gambling frequency = 4 (Gambling frequency Type II = 5).