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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Development and validation of the Japanese version of the Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS-J)

 

Total

NPG

AG

PG

n = 536

n = 248

n = 195

n = 93

%

%

%

%

Sex

    

 Male

65.5

51.6

73.3

86.0

 Female

34.5

48.4

26.7

14.0

Age

    

 18‐19 years

9.3

12.1

8.2

6.5

 20‐29 years

55.6

55.6

55.4

53.7

 30‐39 years

16.1

17.0

15.4

15.1

 40‐49 years

9.1

6.0

11.3

12.9

 50‐59 years

7.3

6.5

8.2

7.5

60 years

2.6

2.8

1.5

4.3

Education level

    

 Elementary and junior high school

1.1

0.8

0.5

3.2

 High school (equivalent test)

10.5

8.1

12.8

12.9

 Junior and career college

8.9

10.1

10.8

3.2

 University student

37.3

39.9

34.4

32.3

 Graduation from univerisity

26.7

27.4

24.1

31.2

 Graduate student

12.3

9.7

15.9

11.8

 Graduation from graduate school

3.2

4.0

1.5

5.4

Annual income

    

 <1,000,000 JPY

52.4

55.6

51.8

45.2

 1,000,000 - 1,999,999

6.3

5.6

6.7

7.5

 2,000,000 - 2,999,999

9.9

12.1

7.7

8.6

 3,000,000 - 3,999,999

10.6

11.3

10.3

9.7

 4,000,000 - 4,999,999

6.7

6.0

6.2

9.7

 5,000,000 - 5,999,999

4.5

3.2

5.6

5.4

 6,000,000 - 6,999,999

3.2

1.2

3.6

7.5

 7,000,000 - 7,999,999

3.0

2.0

4.6

2.2

 8,000,000 - 8,999,999

0.9

0.8

1.0

1.1

 9,000,000 - 9,999,999

1.1

1.2

1.0

1.1

10,000,000

1.3

0.8

1.5

2.2

Marital status

    

 Married

27.6

23.4

31.3

31.2

 Experience of divorce

1.9

1.2

1.5

4.3

  1. Note: JPY Japanese yen, NPG non-problem gamblers, AG at-risk gamblers, PG pathological gamblers.