Table 2.
Characteristics of contacts by media used for gambling (N=9474). Univariate logistic regression analysis; the significance code lies on the side where the proportion, or the mean, is the highest.
| Demographics | Solely offline | Web-based or both | |
| Population, n (%) | 6308 (66.58) | 3166 (33.42) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
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Male | 4386 (69.53) | 2631 (83.10)a |
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Female | 1922 (30.47)a | 535 (16.90) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 43.7 (14.5)a | 36.2 (12.8) | |
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<20 | 113 (1.79) | 143 (4.52)a |
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20-29 | 1030 (16.33) | 965 (30.48)a |
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30-39 | 1468 (23.27) | 945 (29.85)a |
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40-49 | 1482 (23.49)a | 611 (19.30) |
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50-59 | 1248 (19.78)a | 314 (9.92) |
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≥60 | 967 (15.33)a | 188 (5.94) |
| Duration of contact (min), mean (SD) | 14.2 (22.5) | 14.8 (28.5)b | |
| Gambling type | |||
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Bets | 2258 (35.80) | 1556 (49.15)a |
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Casino | 2367 (37.52)a | 589 (18.60) |
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Scratch cards | 1678 (26.60)a | 188 (5.94) |
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Poker | 317 (5.03) | 1138 (35.94)a |
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Lottery | 745 (11.81)a | 275 (8.69) |
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Others | 186 (2.95) | 280 (8.84)a |
| Proxies for severity of gambling | |||
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Gambling frequency weekly or more, n (%) | 5630 (89.25) | 2854 (90.15)b |
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Time since gambling initiation (years), mean (SD) | 16.7 (10.3)b | 14.5 (9.6) |
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History of suicide attempt, n (%) | 131 (2.08)b | 62 (1.96) |
| Contact demand, n (%) | |||
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Referral requested | 1625 (25.76)a | 654 (20.66) |
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Refusal to be referred | 125 (1.98) | 93 (2.94)c |
| Actual referral, n (%) | |||
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Referred | 3615 (57.31)a | 1606 (50.73) |
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Nonreferred | 2692 (42.68) | 1560 (49.27)a |
| Self-exclusion, n (%) | 316 (5.01) | 161 (5.09)b | |
aP<.001.
bNot significant.
cP<.05.