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Table 3 Sample description and comparison between CSOs and non-CSOS for men and women

From: The concerned significant others of people with gambling problems in a national representative sample in Sweden – a 1 year follow-up study

  

Men

Women

OR (95% CI)a

  

Not CSO% (n)

CSO% (n)

Not CSO% (n)

CSO% (n)

Men

Women

Age

 

***

***

***

 

16–17

3.6 (115)

2.7 (21)

3.1 (103)

3.0 (21)

2.2 (1.3–3.8)**

2.4 (1.4–4.1)**

 

18–24

10.6 (335)

17.5 (136)

8.9 (292)

14.4 (100)

4.9 (3.5–6.9***

4.0 (2.8–5.6)***

 

25–44

30.0 (946)

45.7 (356)

30.5 (999)

46.4 (322)

4.5 (3.4–6.1)***

3.7 (2.8–5.0)

 

45–64

34.5 (1091)

27.0 (210)

34.9 (1141)

26.9 (187)

2.3 (1.7–3.2)***

1.9 (1.4–2.6)***

 

65–74

21.2 (671)

7.2 (56)

22.5 (737)

1.6 (64)

1.0

1.0

Education

 

**

***

  
 

Low level

28.0 (809)

27.0 (204)

25.2 (756)

17.9 (121)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)ns

0.8 (0.6–1.0)ns

 

Mid level

44.4 (1284)

51.1 (386)

42.0 (1258)

52.6 (356)

1.4 (1.2–1.8)***

1.4 (1.2–1.7)**

 

High level

27.6 (799)

21.9 (165)

32.8 (984)

29.5 (200)

1.0

1.0

Country of birth

 

***

ns (0.05)

***

ns

 

Born outside Sweden

11.2 (353)

20.1 (156)

15.5 (507)

18.4 (128)

2.0 (1.6–2.4)***

1.2 (1.0–1.5)ns

Family situation

 

***

***

Controlled for age

 
 

Single without children

34.1 (1078)

39.7 (309)

31.6 (1034)

32.8 (228)

1.0

1.0

 

Single with children

1.7 (65)

2.6 (20)

5.1 (168)

11.1 (77)

1.4 (0.8–2.4)ns

2.6 (1.9–3.5)***

 

Married/living with partner without children

40.3 (1273)

27.8 (216)

36.0 (1176)

25.5 (177)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)ns

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

 

Married/living together with children

18.8 (741)

29.9 (233)

27.3 (893)

30.6 (213)

1.4 (1.1–1.7)**

1.2 (1.0–1.5)ns

Living on social welfare

 

**

**

  
 

3.1 (93)

5.7 (43)

3.7 (115)

6.4 (43)

1.9 (1.3–2.8)**

1.8 (1.3–2.6)**

Have lent money to someone they thought or knew would use it to gamble or pay gambling debts

 

***

***

  

6.3 (199)

25.4 (195)

1.4 (47)

13.1 (90)***

5.0 (4.1–6.3)***

10.3 (7.2–14.9)***

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
  2. aFamily situation was controlled for age in the logistic regression.