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Table 3 Gambling participation, at-risk/problem gambling and substance use among adolescents by gender

From: At-risk and problem gambling among adolescents: a convenience sample of first-year junior high school students in Finland

 

All

Boys

Girls

 
 

n (%, CI)

n (%, CI)

n (%, CI))

Significance

Gambling frequency, past-year (n=956)

   

Chi=77.263, df=3, p≤0.001

 No gambling

463 (48.4±3.1)

185 (37.4±4.3)

278 (60.2±4.5)

 

 Once or twice

298 (31.2±2.9)

160 (32.4±4.1)

138 (29.9±4.2)

 

 Sometimes

167 (17.5±2.4)

123 (24.9±3.8)

44 (9.5±2.7)

 

 Often

28 (2.9±1.1)

26 (5.3±2.0)

2 (0.4±0.6)

 

Past-year at-risk/problem gambling (DSM- IV-MR-J) (n=956)

   

Chi=40.892, df=1, p≤0.001

 At-risk/problem gambling (score ≥2)

76 (7.9±1.7)

66 (13.4±3.0)

10 (2.2±1.3)

 

 No gambling or no risk/problem (score 0–1)

880 (92.1±1.7)

428 (86.6±3.0)

452 (97.8±1.3)

 

Smoking (n=946)

   

Chi=4.512, df=1, p=0.041

 Yes

76 (8.0±1.7)

48 (9.9±2.7)

28 (6.1±2.2)

 

 No

870 (92.0±1.7)

439 (90.1±2.7)

431 (93.9±2.2)

 

Drinking for intoxication (n=949)

   

Chi=2.298, df=1, p=0.138

 Yes

84 (8.9±1.8)

50 (10.2±2.7)

34 (7.4±2.4)

 

 No

865 (91.1±1.8)

440 (89.8±2.7)

425 (92.6±2.4)

 
  1. Significance (p) is determined by Chi-squared test; N=988; CI, Confidence Intervals.