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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gambl Stud. 2019 Mar;35(1):79–92. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9806-7

Table 3.

Prevalence of Gambling Behaviors and Problem Gambling by Gender Identity and Birth-Assigned Sex1

TGD
Assigned
Male
(n = 684)
Cisgender
Assigned
Male
(n = 40,014)
TGD
Assigned
Female
(n = 1,457)
Cisgender
Assigned
Female
(n = 38,639)
TGD
AM vs
Cis AM
TGD
AM vs
TGD AF
TGD
AM vs
Cis AF
Cis
AM vs
TGD AF
Cis
AM vs.
Cis AF
Cis
AF vs.
TGD AF

Past year gambling behaviors n % n % n % n % p-value,
d
p-value,
d
p-value,
d
p-value,
d
p-value,
d
p-value,
d
Played cards, bet on sports/games 202 36.0 14,293 39.2 254 18.7 5,718 15.6 .128, d = 0.02 <.001, d = 0.38 < .001, d = 0.14 < .001, d = 0.16 <.001, d = 0.55 .002, d = 0.03
Bought lottery tickets /scratch offs 100 17.9 4,155 11.4 122 9.0 2,834 7.8 <.001, d = 0.26 <.001, d = 0.26 < .001, d = 0.09 .006, d = 0.03 <.001, d = 0.12 .096, d = 0.02
Gambled in a casino 54 9.7 1,125 3.1 29 2.1 354 1.0 <.001, d = 0.09 <.001, d = 0.34 < .001, d = 0.20 .046, d = 0.02 <.001, d = 0.15 <.001, d = 0.04
Gambled for money online 74 13.3 1,986 5.5 33 2.4 229 0.6 <.001, d = 0.08 <.001, d = 0.44 < .001, d = 0.35 < .001, d = 0.05 <.001, d = 0.28 <.001, d = 0.08
Any gambling Behavior 242 43.5 15,667 43.1 324 24.0 7,390 20.2 .864, d = 0.01 <.001, d = 0.40 < .001, d = 0.14 < .001, d = 0.14 < .001, d = 0.51 .864, d = 0.01

Problem gambling2 (n = 242) (n = 15,667) (n = 324) (n = 7,390)

BAGS score of 4+ for prevalence estimate 21 8.9 318 2.1 10 3.3 66 1.0 <.001, d = 0.11 .005, d = 0.24 < .001, d = 0.26 .177, d = 0.02 <.001, d = 0.08 <.001, d = 0.09
BAGS score of 2+ for further assessment 37 15.7 731 4.9 23 7.6 150 2.2 <.001, d = 0.12 .003, d = 0.26 < .001, d = 0.31 .037, d = 0.03 <.001, d = 0.13 <.001, d = 0.14

Notes. TGD = transgender and gender diverse. AM = assigned male. AF = assigned female. Cis = cisgender. BAGS = brief adolescent gambling screen. d = Cohen’s d.

1

Sample sizes differ because of missing data across variables of interest.

2

Problem gambling screener only asked of students who reported any gambling in past year.