Table 2.
Distribution of non-gamblers, occasional gamblers and regular gamblers by age (complete case series)
| N = 1672 complete cases | Non-gambler at 17 | Occasional (< weekly) gambling at 17 | Regular (> weekly) gambling at 17 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-gambler at 20 | Occasional at 20 | Regular at 20 | Non-gambler at 20 | Occasional at 20 | Regular at 20 | Non-gambler at 20 | Occasional at 20 | Regular at 20 | |
| Non-gambler at 24 | 302 (69.3%) | 118 (33.2%) | 7 (17.5%) | 87 (55.1%) | 120 (22.8%) | 4 (6.1%) | 5 (55.6%) | 4 (10.3%) | 3 (7.0%) |
| Occasional at 24 | 126 (28.9%) | 218 (61.4%) | 22 (55.0%) | 67 (42.4%) | 367 (69.8%) | 37 (56.1%) | 4 (44.4%) | 29 (74.4%) | 16 (37.2%) |
| Regular at 24 | 8 (1.8%) | 19 (5.4%) | 11 (27.5%) | 4 (2.5%) | 39 (7.4%) | 25 (37.9%) | 6 (15.4%) | 24 (55.8%) | |
| Total N | 436 | 355 | 40 | 158 | 526 | 66 | 9 | 39 | 43 |