Table 2.
Risk Factors | Coefficient (Standard Error) | Odds Ratio | 95%Confidence Interval | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
Female (ref.) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
Male |
0.26(0.12) |
1.29 |
1.02-1.64 |
0.0361 |
Adolescent monthly money spending levels (RMB / month) | ||||
<100 (ref.) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
≥300 |
0.41(0.16) |
1.51 |
1.11-2.05 |
0.0092 |
100~299 |
0.51(0.13) |
1.66 |
1.29-2.14 |
<0.0001 |
Academic achievements | ||||
Very good (ref.) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
Very & relatively bad |
1.57(0.33) |
4.79 |
2.51-9.13 |
<0.0001 |
General |
0.87(0.31) |
2.38 |
1.29-4.41 |
0.0057 |
Relative good |
0.52(0.33) |
1.68 |
0.88-3.20 |
0.1186 |
Total hours online for a whole week (hours /month) | ||||
<7 (ref.) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
>28 |
1.45(0.17) |
4.28 |
3.06-5.99 |
<0.0001 |
21 ~28 |
1.23(0.21) |
3.41 |
2.26-5.15 |
<0.0001 |
14 ~21 |
0.96(0.19) |
2.61 |
1.81-3.77 |
<0.0001 |
7~14 |
0.89(0.15) |
2.44 |
1.81-3.29 |
<0.0001 |
Main Purpose of using internet | ||||
Academic learning (ref.) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
Playing game |
1.94(0.34) |
6.98 |
3.59-13.58 |
<.0.0001 |
Real-time chatting |
0.97(0.36) |
2.64 |
1.30-5.38 |
0.0073 |
Browsing news or e-mails only | 0.17(0.40) | 1.19 | 0.55-2.60 | 0.6625 |
a This logistic regression model was fit to model the possibility of adolescent having internet addiction, internet addiction was defined as total score ≥ 163.
b Adolescent age, gender, grade, school types, adolescent academic achievement, adolescent monthly spending levels, internet-use time, and the main purposes and places of adolescent internet use were adjusted in the models.