Table 2.
Prevalence of gambling by age and gender, N = 6377
| Age in years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 N = 485 |
13 N = 1193 |
14 N = 1027 |
15 N = 1083 |
16 N = 1475 |
17 N = 1114 |
Total N = 6377 |
p# | |
| Ever gambled | ||||||||
| Male (N = 2777) | 51 (24%) | 162 (30%) | 164 (35%) | 213 (41%) | 251 (42%) | 189 (43%) | 1030 (37%) | < 0.001* |
| Female (N = 3600) | 47 (17%) | 123 (19%) | 162 (29%) | 145 (26%) | 255 (29%) | 180 (27%) | 912 (25%) | < 0.001* |
| Total | 98 (20%) | 285 (24%) | 326 (32%) | 358 (33%) | 506 (34%) | 369 (33%) | 1942 (31%) | < 0.001* |
| Gambled in last month | ||||||||
| Male (N = 2777) | 5 (2%) | 33 (6%) | 42 (9%) | 49 (10%) | 60 (10%) | 50 (11%) | 239 (9%) | 0.003* |
| Female (N = 3600) | 5 (2%) | 24 (4%) | 30 (5%) | 34 (6%) | 44 (5%) | 32 (5%) | 169 (5%) | 0.404 |
| Total | 10 (2%) | 57 (5%) | 72 (7%) | 83 (8%) | 104 (7%) | 82 (7%) | 408 (6%) | 0.022* |
*Indicates statistically significant differences (using p ≤ 0.023)
#p values refer to age group comparisons