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. 2011 Sep 2;3(1):e7. doi: 10.4081/mi.2011.e7

Table 1. A summary of background information and the use of the technical devices at leisure, importance of devices or services at leisure and mental symptoms of all persons, women/men at work, women/men outside working life.

Topics of questions and choices All % Women at work % Women outside working life % Men at work % Men outside working life %
Q3 Marital status
 Single 1343 22.0 432 17.9 302 30.6 335 17.2 244 40.2
 Married or live-in 4219 69.0 1715 71.2 582 59.0 1498 77.0 312 51.4
 Divorced 449 7.3 223 9.3 65 6.6 105 5.4 42 6.9
 Widow or widower 101 1.7 39 1.6 37 3.8 8 0.4 9 1.5
Q8 Use at leisure
 b) use of desktop computer 4665 77.0 1901 79.3 704 72.3 1597 82.2 369 61.9
 c) use of internet 4496 74.0 1858 77.3 674 69.3 1533 79.0 342 57.4
 d) use of electric commerce 1556 25.8 589 24.5 222 22.8 588 30.4 129 21.6
 e) use of portable computer or mini-computer 1432 23.6 505 21.2 142 14.7 650 33.6 107 17.9
Q9 Importance of device or service at leisure
 b) desktop computer 4117 67.9 1656 68.9 646 66.5 1398 71.9 341 57.0
 c) internet 4071 67.1 1656 68.9 642 66.0 1373 70.6 326 54.5
 d) electric commerce 1598 26.4 593 24.6 239 24.6 603 31.0 138 23.1
 e) usage of portable computer 1377 22.8 490 20.4 140 14.5 608 31.4 121 20.3
Q16 Mental symptoms
 a) sleeping disorders/ disturbances 3581 59.0 1509 62.8 591 60.6 1060 54.8 329 55.0
 b) depression 2618 43.3 1070 44.8 480 49.5 728 37.6 273 45.8
 c) exhaustion at work 3767 62.5 1735 72.4 438 45.7 1315 67.9 199 33.6
 d) substance addiction 582 9.6 126 5.4 59 6.0 266 13.9 113 19.0
 e) anxiety 2079 34.4 838 35.0 406 41.9 574 29.7 211 35.5
 f) fear situations 965 16.0 375 15.6 204 21.2 235 12.1 123 20.6

Q8 Use at leisure; the amount of positive answers included answers; less than monthly, monthly, weekly or daily; Q9 Importance of device or service at leisure: the amount of yes included answers little, moderately, pretty important, and very important. Q16 Mental symptoms; the amount of yes included answers sometimes, pretty often, often, and very often.