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Table 3 Baseline demographics of French MMORPG gamers and their DAS responses

From: Massively multiplayer online role-playing games: comparing characteristics of addict vsnon-addict online recruited gamers in a French adult population

Variables

Total sample of population

Over threshold DAS (+)

Below threshold DAS (-)

Statistical test

 

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Statistical tests

Corrected p-value

Age (years)

26.6

7.1

25.7

6.5

27

7.3

t = 1.845

0.099

 

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

  

Gender

        

   male

374

82.7

107

28.8

264

71.2

χ2 = 2.08

0.149

   female

78

17.3

16

20.8

61

79.2

1df

 

Educational level

       

   BHSD Δ

43

9.6

16

37.2

27

62.8

χ2 = 6.441

0.12

   UD Δ

298

66.7

86

29.3

208

70.7

2df

 

   MD Δ

106

23.7

20

18.9

86

81.1

  
  1. Δ BHSD: Below High School Diploma; UD: High School Diploma to university; MD: Master's degree and higher.