TABLE 3. Prevalence of frequent social media use among high school students, overall and by selected demographic characteristics — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023*.
| Characteristic | Frequent social media use (n = 11,872)† |
Chi-square test p value¶ |
|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI)§ | ||
|
Overall
|
77.0 (73.5–80.1)
|
—
|
|
Sex** |
— |
0.0000 |
| Female |
81.8 (77.6–85.3) |
— |
| Male |
72.9 (69.8–75.8) |
— |
|
Race and ethnicity††
|
— |
0.4503 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native§§ |
53.0 (33.7–71.5) |
— |
| Asian |
75.8 (68.1–82.1) |
— |
| Black or African American |
78.7 (75.8–81.2) |
— |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander |
75.8 (63.1–85.2) |
— |
| White |
76.7 (72.9–80.0) |
— |
| Hispanic or Latino |
78.0 (71.6–83.2) |
— |
| Multiracial |
76.3 (69.3–82.2) |
— |
|
Age, yrs
|
— |
0.4937 |
| ≤14 |
74.5 (68.9–79.4) |
— |
| 15 |
76.1 (72.7–79.1) |
— |
| 16 |
77.0 (72.6–80.9) |
— |
| 17 |
79.1 (74.3–83.1) |
— |
| ≥18 |
77.1 (73.2–80.6) |
— |
|
Sexual identity
|
— |
0.0587 |
| Heterosexual (straight)¶¶ |
79.2 (77.2–81.1) |
— |
| Lesbian or gay*** |
67.7 (57.8–76.3) |
— |
| Bisexual |
82.2 (79.3–84.9) |
— |
| Questioning |
82.6 (76.2–87.6) |
— |
| Described identity in some other way | 78.8 (70.7–85.2) | — |
* N = 20,103 respondents. The total number of students answering each question varied. Data might be missing because 1) the question did not appear in that student’s questionnaire, 2) the student did not answer the question, or 3) the response was set to missing because of an out-of-range response or logical inconsistency. Percentages in each category are calculated on the known data. A total of 15,203 students responded to the social media item.
† Unweighted.
§ Weighted.
¶ Chi-square tests were applied to examine the bivariate relations between demographic characteristics and frequency of social media use. Statistical significance is defined as p<0.05 for the chi-square test.
** Female students significantly differed from male students for prevalence of using of social media at least several times a day based on t-test with Taylor series linearization (p<0.05).
†† Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin might be of any race but are categorized as Hispanic; all racial groups are non-Hispanic.
§§ American Indian or Alaska Native students significantly differed from Asian, Black or African American, White, Hispanic or Latino, and multiracial students for prevalence of using social media at least several times a day based on t-test with Taylor series linearization (p<0.05).
¶¶ Heterosexual (straight) students significantly differed from lesbian or gay students for prevalence of using social media at least several times a day based on t-test with Taylor series linearization (p<0.05).
*** Lesbian or gay students significantly differed from bisexual and questioning students and students who described identity in some other way for prevalence of using social media at least several times a day based on t-test with Taylor series linearization (p<0.05).