Table 1.
Characteristics of motorcycle taxi riders by sports betting status, Mbarara municipality, Uganda
| Engaged in sports betting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Level | No (n = 327) | Yes (n = 74) | p value |
| Division of residence | A | 110 (33.6) | 23 (31.1) | 0.185 |
| B | 79 (24.2) | 24 (32.4) | ||
| C | 108 (33.0) | 17 (23.0) | ||
| D | 30 (9.2) | 10 (13.5) | ||
| Mean age (SD) | 29.42 (6.07) | 28.97 (5.41) | 0.558 | |
| Religion | Catholic | 123 (37.6) | 25 (33.8) | 0.131 |
| Protestant | 138 (42.2) | 38 (51.4) | ||
| Moslem | 45 (13.8) | 4 (5.4) | ||
| Others | 21 (6.4) | 7 (9.5) | ||
| Educational level | None/primary | 204 (62.6) | 44 (59.5) | 0.618 |
| Secondary/Tertiary | 122 (37.4) | 30 (40.5) | ||
| Marital status | Never married | 90 (27.5) | 18 (24.3) | 0.428 |
| Married | 218 (66.7) | 54 (73.0) | ||
| Separated | 19 (5.8) | 2 (2.7) | ||
| Number of children | ≤2 | 211 (64.9) | 49 (66.2) | 0.977 |
| 3–5 | 100 (30.8) | 22 (29.7) | ||
| > 5 | 14 (4.3) | 3 (4.1) | ||
| Owns a boda boda | No | 169 (51.8) | 40 (55.6) | 0.659 |
| Yes | 157 (48.2) | 32 (44.4) | ||
| Income per day in dollars | < 5 | 135 (41.7) | 40 (54.1) | 0.071 |
| ≥5 | 189 (58.3) | 34 (45.9) | ||
| End of work day | Before 7.00 pm | 38 (11.8) | 16 (21.6) | 0.043* |
| After 7.00 pm | 283 (88.2) | 58 (78.4) | ||
| Alcohol consumption | Low | 266 (81.3) | 49 (66.2) | 0.002** |
| Moderate | 40 (12.2) | 21 (28.4) | ||
| High | 21 (6.4) | 4 (5.4) | ||
| Ever smoked cigarettes | No | 296 (90.5) | 52 (70.3) | < 0.001*** |
| Yes | 31 (9.5) | 22 (29.7) | ||
| Smoked cigarettes in the past 6 months | No | 301 (92.0) | 58 (78.4) | 0.001*** |
| Yes | 26 (8.0) | 16 (21.6) | ||
| Ever smoked marijuana | No | 305 (93.3) | 66 (89.2) | 0.337 |
| Yes | 22 (6.7) | 8 (10.8) | ||
| Ever smoked marijuana in the past 6 months | No | 320 (98.8) | 71 (95.9) | 0.24 |
| Yes | 4 (1.2) | 3 (4.1) | ||
Note: 1) * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 at 5% level of significance