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Table 1 Comparison of respondents reporting self-exclusion or no self-exclusion. Chi-square test

From: Self-exclusion and breaching of self-exclusion from gambling: a repeated survey study on the development of a nationwide self-exclusion service

 

Self-excluded (n = 135), n (%)

Never self-excluded (n = 1,359), n (%)

p value

Female gender

64 (48)

516 (38)

0.03

Age group (years)

 18–24

18 (13)

93 (7)

 < 0.001

 25–29

31 (23)

191 (14)

 

 30–39

38 (28)

276 (20)

 

 40–49

26 (19)

270 (20)

 

 50–59

12 (9)

267 (20)

 

 60–69

8 (6)

175 (13)

 

 70 + 

1 (1)

87 (6)

 

Ever prescribed mental health treatment

64 (48)

365 (27)

 < 0.001

Living alone without children

27 (20)

352 (26)

0.13

Working/studying

122 (90)

1080 (79)

 < 0.01

Gambling problems, PGSI*

 < 0.001

 None

17 (13)

813 (60)

 

 Low risk

10 (7)

262 (19)

 

 Moderate-risk

32 (24)

157 (12)

 

 Problem gambling

75 (56)

123 (9)

 

Gambling problems, PGSI, moderate-risk or problem gambling**

107 (80)

285 (21)

 < 0.001

Past-year gambling

 Online casino

110 (82)

478 (35)

 < 0.001

 Land-based casino

45 (34)

135 (10)

 < 0.001

 Online horse betting

74 (55)

665 (49)

0.19

 Land-based horse betting

34 (25)

269 (20)

0.14

 Sports live betting

68 (51)

632 (47)

0.35

 Sports non-live betting

60 (45)

684 (50)

0.22

 Sports (any)***

79 (59)

887 (65)

0.12

 Online poker

44 (33)

253 (19)

 < 0.001

 Land-based poker

33 (24)

158 (12)

 < 0.001

 Land-based gambling machines

53 (40)

189 (14)

 < 0.001

 Online bingo

61 (45)

304 (22)

 < 0.001

 Gambling within video games

49 (36)

191 (14)

 < 0.001

  1. *Five participants with missing data for gambling problems
  2. **Two individuals with missing data for gambling problems
  3. ***Participants reporting sports betting either as live betting or non-live betting, i.e. a variable collapsing the data from the prior two variables