Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of groups classified by IGD status (N = 471)
| Variable | Overall (N = 471) |
IGD (N = 84) |
No IGD (N = 387) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | χ2 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 380 (80.7) | 65 (77.4) | 315 (81.4) | |
| Female | 73 (15.5) | 14 (16.7) | 59 (15.2) | |
| Other | 18 (3.8) | 5 (6.0) | 13 (3.4) | Ns |
| Age | ||||
| 18–30 | 375 (79.6) | 70 (83.3) | 305 (78.8) | |
| 31–40 | 73 (15.5) | 11 (13.1) | 62 (16.0) | |
| 41–50 | 16 (3.4) | 2 (2.4) | 14 (3.6) | |
| 51–60 | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.8) | |
| 61+ | 4 (0.8) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (0.8) | Ns |
| Employment | ||||
| Full-time | 162 (34.4) | 25 (29.8) | 137 (35.4) | |
| Part-time | 52 (11.0) | 10 (11.9) | 42 (10.9) | |
| Student | 141 (29.9) | 25 (29.8) | 116 (30.0) | |
| Other | 116 (24.6) | 24 (28.6) | 92 (23.8) | Ns |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Single | 270 (57.3) | 42 (50.0) | 228 (58.9) | |
| In relationship/married | 196 (41.6) | 41 (48.8) | 155 (40.1) | |
| Divorced/separated | 5 (1.1) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (1.0) | Ns |
| Living situation | ||||
| With parents | 267 (56.7) | 49 (58.3) | 218 (56.3) | |
| Renting | 124 (26.3) | 23 (27.4) | 101 (26.1) | |
| Owning and occupying | 80 (17.0) | 12 (14.3) | 68 (17.6) | Ns |
| Raising US$2000 in emergency | ||||
| Easily | 128 (27.2) | 20 (23.8) | 108 (27.9) | |
| With sacrifices | 177 (37.6) | 27 (32.1) | 150 (38.8) | |
| Drastic measures | 113 (24.0) | 27 (32.1) | 86 (22.2) | |
| Unable to do it | 53 (11.3) | 10 (11.9) | 43 (11.1) | Ns |
| Health behaviour | ||||
| Smokes (weekly or more) | 54 (11.5) | 8 (9.5) | 46 (11.9) | Ns |
| Vapes (weekly or more) | 52 (11.0) | 12 (14.3) | 40 (10.3) | Ns |
| Recreational drugs (weekly or more) | 27 (5.7) | 4 (4.8) | 23 (5.9) | Ns |
| Gambling (weekly or more) | 60 (12.7) | 14 (16.7) | 46 (11.9) | Ns |
Note. Participants were classified as IGD if meeting IGD criteria as per Petry et al.’s (2014) measure. Participants were classified as No IGD if not meeting these criteria. χ2 = p value of a chi-square test of independence. Ns = not significant, p > .05