Table I Descriptive analysis of interest...

Table I

Descriptive analysis of interest in playing video games by gender and age

	Males	Females	Total
Interest in playing video games > 0 (%)	41.38	24.10	32.52
15–19	91.08	50.25	71.25
20–29	78.21	39.45	58.66
30–44	53.17	31.90	42.73
45–54	32.92	23.26	28.10
55 or more	12.81	10.21	11.40
Interest in video games (mean)
Whole sample	2.18	0.97	1.56
15–19	6.26	2.41	4.39
20–29	4.76	1.79	3.26
30–44	2.70	1.30	2.01
45–54	1.35	0.86	1.11
55 or more	0.48	0.32	0.39
Interest in video games (mean)
Subsample (interest > 0)	5.27	4.03	4.80
15–19	6.87	4.80	6.16
20–29	6.08	4.53	5.56
30–44	5.09	4.08	4.72
45–54	4.10	3.71	3.94
55 or more	3.73	3.09	3.42
Sample size	5,386	5,632	11,018

	Males	Females	Total
Interest in playing video games > 0 (%)	41.38	24.10	32.52
15–19	91.08	50.25	71.25
20–29	78.21	39.45	58.66
30–44	53.17	31.90	42.73
45–54	32.92	23.26	28.10
55 or more	12.81	10.21	11.40
Interest in video games (mean)
Whole sample	2.18	0.97	1.56
15–19	6.26	2.41	4.39
20–29	4.76	1.79	3.26
30–44	2.70	1.30	2.01
45–54	1.35	0.86	1.11
55 or more	0.48	0.32	0.39
Interest in video games (mean)
Subsample (interest > 0)	5.27	4.03	4.80
15–19	6.87	4.80	6.16
20–29	6.08	4.53	5.56
30–44	5.09	4.08	4.72
45–54	4.10	3.71	3.94
55 or more	3.73	3.09	3.42
Sample size	5,386	5,632	11,018

Source(s): Own calculations using microdata from the SSH

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