Table 1.

Sample descriptive statistics

Characteristic	Proportion (95% CI)
Gender (male)	48.8% (47.1, 50.6)
Age (years)
18–24	11.1% (9.5, 12.8)
25–34	15.1% (13.6, 16.8)
35–44	15.1% (13.8, 16.4)
45–54	17.2% (16.0, 18.4)
55–64	17.7% (16.7, 18.8)
65+	23.8% (22.7, 25.0)
Household structure
Couple with no children	10.5% (9.5, 11.7)
Couple with children still at home	34.5% (32.8, 36.3)
Couple with children not living at home	21.5% (20.3, 22.7)
Single person household (no children)	10.8% (9.9, 11.8)
Single with children still at home	7.4% (6.5, 8.6)
Single with children not living at home	6.5% (5.9, 7.1)
Group or shared household	4.5% (3.7, 5.5)
In some other arrangement	4.2% (3.5, 5.0)
Occupational status
Paid full-time employed	32.6% (31.0, 34.3)
Paid part-time employed	21.9% (20.4, 23.4)
Looking for work	3.7% (3.0, 4.7)
Not in the labour force	41.8% (40.1, 43.5)
Educational attainment
Less than secondary school	22.3% (20.9, 23.7)
Secondary school	20.9% (19.3, 22.5)
Vocational or trade qualification	40.8% (39.0, 42.5)
University graduate	16.0% (15.1, 17.1)
Country of birth (Australia)
Australia	85.8% (84.6, 86.9)
Problem Gambling Severity Index category
Non-gambling	41.5% (39.8, 43.3)
Non-problem gambling	51.8% (50.0, 53.5)
Low-risk gambling	4.8% (4.0, 5.6)
Moderate-risk gambling	1.4% (1.0, 1.9)
Problem gambling	0.6% (0.4, 1.0)
Problem Gambling Severity Index score – M (SD)	0.2 (1.5)
Short Gambling Harms Scale score – M (SD)	0.1 (1.0)