National Helpline for Problem Gambling: A Profile of Its Users’ Characteristics

Table 3

Characteristics of gamblers using GR-Helpline and of moderate-risk/problematic gamblers classified by CPGI included in IPSAD 2010-2011 survey.

Characteristics	Gambler users; GR-Helpline		Moderate-risk/problematic; gamblers IPSAD 2010-2011		15–24; years	25–64; years
	15–24 years; (%)	25–64 years; (%)	15–24 years; (%)	25–64 years; (%)	value	value
Gender
Men	92.0	74.7	70.9	78.6	<0.05	ns
Women	8.0	25.3	29.1	21.4
Employment status
Employed	61.4	74.0	19.6	62.3	<0.05	<0.05
Unemployed/not economically active	38.6	19.2	80.4	28.2
Retired	0.0	6.8	0.0	9.4
Gambling forms
Strategy-based	20.1	11.0	39.6	7.7	<0.05	<0.05
Non-strategy-based	64.9	77.9	18.9	52.7
Both	14.9	11.1	41.5	39.6