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. 2023 Apr 7;7:e42207. doi: 10.2196/42207

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants according to the duration of daily Instagram use.

Variables Total sample (n=585) Duration of daily Instagram use P value


<1 hour (n=234) 1-3 hours (n=303) >3 hours (n=48)
Age (years), mean (SD) 26.8 (5.9) 27.1 (5.9) 26.8 (5.9) 25.1 (5.2) .99
Gender (female), n (%) 505 (86.3) 191 (81.6) 269 (88.8) 45 (93.8) .02
Currently employed (yes), n (%) 334 (57.1) 150 (64.1) 160 (52.8) 24 (50.0) .02
Children (yes), n (%) 55 (9.4) 20 (8.5) 29 (9.6) 6 (12.5) .69
Educational level, n (%) .01

High school/VTa 74 (12.6) 31 (13.2) 30 (9.9) 13 (27.1)

Middle school 90 (15.4) 33 (14.1) 48 (15.8) 9 (18.8)

College degree 421 (72.0) 170 (72.6) 225 (74.3) 26 (54.2)
Marital status, n (%) .71
Single 262 (44.8) 107 (45.7) 136 (44.9) 19 (39.6)

In a relationship 249 (42.6) 98 (41.9) 127 (41.9) 24 (50.0)

Married 67 (11.5) 28 (12.0) 35 (11.6) 4 (8.3)

Divorced 7 (1.2) 1 (0.4) 5 (1.7) 1 (2.1)
Socioeconomic status, n (%) .16

Low 36 (6.2) 9 (3.8) 20 (6.6) 7 (14.6)

Medium 352 (60.2) 137 (58.5) 186 (61.4) 29 (60.4)

Medium-high 187 (32.0) 84 (35.9) 92 (30.4) 11 (22.9)

High 10 (1.7) 4 (1.7) 5 (1.7) 1 (2.1)

aVT: vocational training.