Table 1 Female and male attitudes towards gambling by age in 2011 and 2015

All

21.44

(21.18–21.69)

22.93

(22.71–23.16)

73.99_{(1, 3978)}

[.001; .018]

23.97

(23.72–24.23)

25.22

(24.99–25.45)

50.81_{(1, 4029)}

[.001; .012]

 15–17 years

20.87 (19.66–22.08)

21.32 (20.32–22.33)

0.33_{(1, 164)}

[.564; .000]

23.53 (22.07–24.98)

23.32 (22.14–24.50)

0.05_{(1, 154)}

[.824; .000]

 18–24 years

21.74 (21.06–22.43)

22.55 (21.95–23.16)

3.07_{(1, 458)}

[.081; .007]

24.30 (23.64–24.95)

25.86 (25.23–26.49)

11.47_{(1, 514)}

[.001; .021]

 25–34 years

22.67 (22.07–23.27)

24.28 (23.74–24.82)

15.54 _{(1, 664)}

[≤.001; .023]

25.38 (24.79–25.97)

26.40 (25.86–26.93)

6.25_{(1, 674)}

[.013; .009]

 35–44 years

21.38 (20.75–22.01)

23.53 (22.92–24.15)

22.57 _{(1, 631)}

[≤.001; .035]

24.52 (23.91–25.13)

25.82 (25.27–26.36)

9.68_{(1, 652)}

[.002; .014]

 45–54 years

21.85 (21.24–22.47)

23.30 (22.73–23.87)

11.42 _{(1, 678)}

[.001; .017]

24.38 (23.82–24.94)

25.21 (24.65–25.77)

4.13_{(1, 718)}

[.042; .006]

 55–64 years

20.70 (20.13–21.28)

22.41 (21.90–22.93)

19.02 _{(1, 789)}

[≤.001; .024]

22.56 (21.98–23.15)

24.77 (24.22–25.32)

28.83 _{(1, 773)}

[≤.001; .035]

 65–74 years

20.05 (19.32–20.78)

22.02 (21.48–22.55)

17.94 _{(1, 578)}

[≤.001; .030]

22.44 (21.67–23.21)

23.85 (23.26–24.44)

8.06_{(1, 530)}

[.005; .015]