Table II Descriptive statistics of the...

Table II

Descriptive statistics of the variables [%, except for age (mean)]

	Non-participant video games	Participant video games	Total
Age	53.33	37.23	48.09
Gender
Male	42.35	67.02	48.75
Female	57.65	37.98	51.25
Education
Illiterate or <5 years of school	7.91	1.55	5.84
Primary school	20.97	8.56	16.93
Secondary school	44.30	59.16	49.13
Advanced professional studies	8.14	11.45	9.22
University degree	18.69	19.28	18.88
Employment status
Employed	42.74	51.35	45.54
Unemployed	13.02	17.17	14.37
Retired	26.83	6.25	20.14
Permanent disability	1.28	0.72	1.10
Student, not working	4.64	19.31	9.41
Housewife/husband	10.70	4.55	8.70
Other	0.80	0.65	0.75
Nationality
Spanish	91.64	88.71	90.69
Dual nationality	2.32	2.86	2.50
Foreign	6.04	8.42	6.82
Personal status
Single living with parents	11.59	35.67	19.42
Single without dependent children	14.06	9.45	12.56
Single with dependent children	4.52	4.89	4.64
Married without dependent children	9.55	8.28	9.14
Married with a dependent child (<18)	23.39	27.95	24.87
Married with dependent children (>=18)	15.69	7.31	12.97
Married with non-dependent children (>=18)	17.03	4.55	12.97
Other	4.18	1.92	3.44
Size of municipality
Capital of province	31.60	32.85	32.01
More than 50,000 inhabitants	20.25	21.57	20.68
Less than 50,000 inhabitants	48.15	45.58	47.32
Sample size	7,548	3,470	11,018

	Non-participant video games	Participant video games	Total
Age	53.33	37.23	48.09
Gender
Male	42.35	67.02	48.75
Female	57.65	37.98	51.25
Education
Illiterate or <5 years of school	7.91	1.55	5.84
Primary school	20.97	8.56	16.93
Secondary school	44.30	59.16	49.13
Advanced professional studies	8.14	11.45	9.22
University degree	18.69	19.28	18.88
Employment status
Employed	42.74	51.35	45.54
Unemployed	13.02	17.17	14.37
Retired	26.83	6.25	20.14
Permanent disability	1.28	0.72	1.10
Student, not working	4.64	19.31	9.41
Housewife/husband	10.70	4.55	8.70
Other	0.80	0.65	0.75
Nationality
Spanish	91.64	88.71	90.69
Dual nationality	2.32	2.86	2.50
Foreign	6.04	8.42	6.82
Personal status
Single living with parents	11.59	35.67	19.42
Single without dependent children	14.06	9.45	12.56
Single with dependent children	4.52	4.89	4.64
Married without dependent children	9.55	8.28	9.14
Married with a dependent child (<18)	23.39	27.95	24.87
Married with dependent children (>=18)	15.69	7.31	12.97
Married with non-dependent children (>=18)	17.03	4.55	12.97
Other	4.18	1.92	3.44
Size of municipality
Capital of province	31.60	32.85	32.01
More than 50,000 inhabitants	20.25	21.57	20.68
Less than 50,000 inhabitants	48.15	45.58	47.32
Sample size	7,548	3,470	11,018

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

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