Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants where age, education, income, marital status, employment status and different types of gamers are reported for the entire sample.
Sociodemographic variables | Total sample (N = 10566, 100%) | Men (n = 9366, %) | Women (n = 1200, %) | Non-problematic Gamers (n = 3381, %) | Engaged Gamers (n = 845, %) | Problematic Gamers (n = 3170, %) | Addicted Gamers (n = 3170, %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | |||||||
18–24 | 7134 (67.52%) | 6258 (66.82%) | 876 (73%) | 2643 (78.17%) | 753 (89.11%) | 3089 (97.44%) | 649 (20.47%) |
24–30 | 3168 (29.98%) | 2871 (30.65%) | 297 (24.75%) | 704 (20.82%) | 75 (8.87%) | 79 (2.5%) | 2310 (72.87%) |
30–36 | 257 (2.43%) | 230 (2.46%) | 27 (2.25%) | 30 (0.88%) | 15 (1.78%) | 2 (0.06%) | 210 (6.63%) |
36–42 | 7 (0.07%) | 7 (0.07%) | 0 | 4 (0.12%) | 2 (0.24%) | 0 | 1 (0.03%) |
42–48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education (degree) | |||||||
Bachelor | 10436 (98.77%) | 9247 (98.73%) | 1189 (99.08%) | 3293 (94.44%) | 810 (95.86%) | 3167 (99.9%) | 3166 (99.87%) |
Master | 128 (1.21%) | 117 (1.25%) | 11 (0.92%) | 88 (5.56%) | 33 (3.90%) | 3 (0.1%) | 4 (0.13%) |
Doctorate | 2 (0.02%) | 2 (0.02%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.24%) | 0 | 0 |
Postdoctorate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Income | |||||||
Low | 555 (5.25%) | 129 (1.38%) | 426 (35.5%) | 500 (14.79%) | 46 (5.44%) | 9 (0.28%) | 0 |
Middle | 6975 (66.02%) | 6251 (66.74%) | 724 (60.33%) | 2857 (84.5%) | 697 (73.76%) | 3027 (95.49%) | 394 (12.43%) |
High | 3036 (28.73%) | 2986 (31.88%) | 50 (4.17%) | 24 (0.71%) | 102 (20.8%) | 134 (4.23%) | 2776 (87.57%) |
Marital status | |||||||
Single | 10407 (98.5%) | 9278 (99.06%) | 1129 (94.08%) | 3359 (99.35%) | 820 (97.04%) | 3156 (99.56%) | 3072 (96.9%) |
Engaged | 155 (1.47%) | 85 (0.9%) | 70 (5.83%) | 18 (0.53%) | 25 (2.96%) | 14 (0.44%) | 98 (3.09%) |
Married | 4 (0.03%) | 3 (0.04%) | 1 (0.09%) | 4 (0.12%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Employment status | |||||||
Student only | 7616 (72.08%) | 6524 (69.66%) | 1092 (91%) | 3209 (94.91%) | 786 (93.02%) | 2792 (88.08%) | 829 (26.15%) |
Employed | 407 (3.85%) | 305 (3.26%) | 102 (8.5%) | 53 (1.57%) | 59 (6.98%) | 78 (2.46%) | 217 (6.85%) |
Student & employed | 2543 (24.07%) | 2537 (27.08%) | 6 (0.5%) | 119 (3.52%) | 0 | 300 (9.46%) | 2124 (67%) |
