Table 1.
Description of Monetary Measures in Subjects with Gambling Disordera (total n = 436).
| Monetary Variables | Mean (Standard Deviation) |
Median | Range | Skewness (Standard Error) |
Kurtosis (Standard Error) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - Annual Incomea (in US$) | 28,794.19 (32,883.99) |
25,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 2.29 (0.12) |
8.81 (0.23) |
| - Monthly Monetary Losses from Gamblingb (in US$) | 1,285.65 (1,817.33) |
666.67 | 15,833.33 | 2.93 (0.12) |
12.91 (0.23) |
| - Money Lost per Gambling Episode [Nc=254] (in US$) | 53.47 (104.45) |
18.31 | 895.03 | 4.45 (0.15) |
25.46 (0.30) |
| - Percentage of Monthly Income Lost from Gambling [N=294] | 66.11 (130.24) |
40.00 | 1,500.00 | 7.79 (0.14) |
74.03 (0.28) |
| - Percentage of Income Lost per Gambling Episode [N=184] | 2.25 (4.29) |
0.89 | 27.62 | 3.60 (0.18) |
13.54 (0.36) |
a
One hundred forty-two (32,6%) subjects did not have any kind of personal income. They were included in the calculations of annual income
b
All monetary variables refer to net expenditure i.e. [money available at the beginning of the session] plus [subsequent withdrawals or borrowing] less [money available and the end of the session] (Walker et al., 2006).
c
N = Number of valid subjects for the variable. If the N is not displayed, the total sample (n=436) was evaluated for the variable.