Table 4 Comparison of gambling behavior between participants with and without parental problem gambling (N = 926)
Parental problem gambling | |||||||||
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Respondents’ | No | Yes | Total | 2 | Degree of | p | |||
gambling behavior | n | % | n | % | n | % | X | freedom | |
Non-gamblers | 422 | 54.7% | 73 | 47.1% | 495 | 53.5% | 3.41 | (1) | 0.06 |
Social gamblers | 323 | 41.9% | 69 | 44.5% | 392 | 42.3% | 0.47 | (1) | 0.05 |
At-risk gamblers | 20 | 2.6% | 11 | 7.1% | 31 | 3.3% | 3.36 | (1) | 0.07 |
Pathological gamblers | 6 | 0.8% | 2 | 1.3% | 8 | 0.9% | 0.15 | (1) | 0.70 |
Total no. of past-year gamblers (social, at-risk and pathological gamblers) | 349 | 45.3% | 82 | 52.9% | 431 | 46.5% | |||
Total | 771 | 100.0% | 155 | 100.0% | 926 | 100% | |||