Table 1.
Gaming and friendship by gender. Numbers and percentages of those who answered yes.
| Variable | Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | N | % | N | N Total | |
| It is very important for me to have contact a with friends through gaming | 69 | 1715 | 16 | 373 | 4850 |
| I would feel excluded if I did not play the b same video games as my friends | 43 | 1054 | 12 | 289 | 4805 |
| The people I play video games with are the c same people I meet in “real life”. | 81 | 1972 | 43 | 978 | 4712 |
| I play online video games with others at d least one evening a week | 79 | 2078 | 23 | 616 | 5268 |
a χ2(1) = 1428.9, p < 0.001, N = 4850; b χ2(1) = 568.8, p < 0.001, N = 4805; c χ2(1) = 723.1, p < 0.001, N = 4712; d χ2 (1) = 1621.5, p < 0.001, N = 5268.