Table III Association between the...

Table III

Association between the demographic factors and pre-conviction gambling problems

	Gambling problem^a n (%)	Significance
Gender		0.776
Men	8 (14.8)
Women	7 (18.4)
Age		0.527
18−34 years	6 (17.1)	–
35 years or more	9 (15.5)
Marital status		0.463
Married, registered relationship or cohabitation	8 (17.8)
Single, divorced or widowed	7 (14.9)
Alcohol risk consumption^a		0.388^c
Yes	6 (14.3)
No	3 (8.1)
Smoking		0.456^c
Yes	14 (17.5)
No	1 (7.1)
Use of narcotics		0.563
Yes	7 (20.0)
No	8 (14.0)
Crime type		0.012*
Property crime, financial crime, robbery	7 (33.3)
Violent crime, drug offense or other crime	7 (10.0)
Previous sentence		0.022*^c
Yes	13 (24.1)
No	2 (5.4)
Sentence related to gambling		0.000**^c
Yes	5 (83.3)
No	10 (11.4)
Prison type		0.971
Open prison	6 (15.8)
Closed high-security prison	9 (16.1)

	Gambling problem^a n (%)	Significance
Gender		0.776
Men	8 (14.8)
Women	7 (18.4)
Age		0.527
18−34 years	6 (17.1)	–
35 years or more	9 (15.5)
Marital status		0.463
Married, registered relationship or cohabitation	8 (17.8)
Single, divorced or widowed	7 (14.9)
Alcohol risk consumption^a		0.388^c
Yes	6 (14.3)
No	3 (8.1)
Smoking		0.456^c
Yes	14 (17.5)
No	1 (7.1)
Use of narcotics		0.563
Yes	7 (20.0)
No	8 (14.0)
Crime type		0.012*
Property crime, financial crime, robbery	7 (33.3)
Violent crime, drug offense or other crime	7 (10.0)
Previous sentence		0.022*^c
Yes	13 (24.1)
No	2 (5.4)
Sentence related to gambling		0.000**^c
Yes	5 (83.3)
No	10 (11.4)
Prison type		0.971
Open prison	6 (15.8)
Closed high-security prison	9 (16.1)

Notes: n=96, ^aBBGS=1+, Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen: one or more positive responses (yes) indicated potential past-year gambling problems; ^bAUDIT-C risky drinking defined among men score⩾6 points and women score⩾5 points; significance is determined by Fischer’s exact test (two groups); ^cexpected cell count 5 or less. *p⩾0.05; **p⩾0.001

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