Table 1.

Characteristics of contacts by gender (N=9474). Univariate logistic regression analysis; the significance code lies on the side where the proportion, or the mean, is the highest.

Demographics		Total	Male	Female
Population, n (%)		9474 (100.00)	7017 (74.07)	2457 (25.93)
Age (years), mean (SD)		41.2 (14.4)	37.9 (13.0)	50.7 (14.0)a
	<20	256 (2.70)	243 (3.46)a	13 (0.53)
	20-29	1995 (21.06)	1838 (26.19)a	157 (6.39)
	30-39	2413 (25.47)	2062 (29.39)a	351 (14.29)
	40-49	2093 (22.09)	1544 (22.00)	549 (22.34)b
	50-59	1562 (16.49)	837 (11.93)	725 (29.51)a
	≥60	1155 (12.19)	493 (7.03)	662 (26.94)a
Duration of contact (min), mean (SD)		14.4 (24.6)	14.5 (27.4)b	14.1 (13.8)
Gambling type, n (%)
	Bets	3814 (40.26)	3405 (48.52)a	409 (16.65)
	Casino	2956 (31.20)	1812 (25.82)	1144 (46.56)a
	Scratch cards	1866 (19.70)	1170 (16.67)	696 (28.33)a
	Poker	1455 (15.36)	1321 (18.83)a	134 (5.45)
	Lottery	1020 (10.77)	718 (10.23)	302 (12.29)c
	Others	466 (4.92)	350 (4.99)b	116 (4.72)
Media used for gambling, n (%)
	Solely offline	6308 (66.58)	4386 (62.51)	1922 (78.23)a
	Web-based or both	3166 (33.42)	2631 (37.49)a	535 (21.77)
Proxies for severity of gambling
	Gambling frequency weekly or more, n (%)	8484 (89.55)	6359 (90.62)c	2125 (86.49)
	Time since gambling initiation (years), mean (SD)	16.0 (10.2)	15.7 (10.2)b	16.6 (10.0)
	History of suicide attempt, n (%)	193 (2.04)	135 (1.92)	58 (2.36)b
Contact demand, n (%)
	Referral requested	2279 (24.06)	1798 (25.62)a	481 (19.58)
	Refusal to be referred	218 (2.30)	176 (2.51)d	42 (1.71)
Actual referral, n (%)
	Referred	5221 (55.11)	3974 (56.63)a	1247 (50.75)
	Nonreferred	4253 (44.89)	3043 (43.37)	1210 (49.25)a
Self-exclusion, n (%)		477 (5.03)	320 (4.46)	157 (6.39)a

^aP<.001.

^bNot significant.

^cP<.01.

^dP<.05.