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Table 1 Lifetime prevalence (LTP), present year prevalence (PYP) of gambling and problem gambling (using Lie/Bet items) categorized by with and without hearing loss, and divided into gender and age (school year) with p values for Chi square-tests (n = 4644)

From: Gambling among adolescents with and without hearing loss

 

LTP

PYP

Bet

Lie

Problem gambling

All

25.2

19.2

3.2

2.6

4.5

Hearing loss (HL)

     

 None

24.4

18.9

3.1

2.3

4.3

 “Mild”

35.5

24.9

4.7

6.0

7.7

 “Severe”

32.4**

24.3**

0

8.1**

4.5*

 With HL

35.2

24.8

4.2

6.2

7.1

 Without HL

24.4**

18.9**

3.1

2.3**

4.3*

All boys#

37.0

29.2

   

 With HL

45.7

32.6

5.9

9.1

10.7

 Without HL

36.2*

28.9*

5.4

3.9**

7.3

All girls#

13.1

9.3

   

 With HL

22.3

15.1

1.4

2.1

2.5

 Without HL

12.5**

8.9**

0.8

0.7

1.2

All grade 9#

20.7

15.5

   

 With HL

31.4

26.3

3.2

5.7

6.7

 Without HL

19.9**

14.6**

2.2

1.7**

2.9**

All year 2#

29.7

23.2

   

 With HL

38.5

23.5

5.0

6.7

7.4

 Without HL

28.9**

23.2**

4.1

2.9*

5.6

  1. p < 0.05; ** p < 0.005, # p < 0.001 between boys and girls and grade 9 and year 2