Table 2.
Frequency of use of social media for professional purposes (the percentage shown is the percent of respondents for each row).
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Australia | 63 (12.3) | 41 (8.0) | 121 (23.6) | 165 (32.2) | 75 (14.7) | 47 (9.2) | 63.76 | 3 | <.001 |
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India | 8 (5.0) | 4 (2.5) | 25 (15.7) | 47 (29.6) | 39 (24.5) | 36 (22.7) |
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Malaysia | 4 (4.5) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (7.9) | 28 (31.5) | 26 (29.2) | 23 (25.8) |
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Other | 13 (24.1) | 5 (9.3) | 11 (20.4) | 9 (16.7) | 5 (9.3) | 11 (20.4) |
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<25 | 18 (6.5) | 9 (3.3) | 51 (18.4) | 96 (34.7) | 64 (23.1) | 39 (14.1) | 20.1 | 4 | <.001 |
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25-34 | 29 (11.2) | 16 (6.2) | 52 (20.2) | 70 (27.1) | 48 (18.6) | 43 (16.7) |
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35-44 | 18 (13.0) | 10 (7.2) | 29 (20.9) | 47 (33.8) | 18 (13.0) | 17 (12.2) |
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45-54 | 15 (17.2) | 8 (9.2) | 20 (23.0) | 24 (27.6) | 11 (12.6) | 9 (10.3) |
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55+ | 8 (15.1) | 8 (15.1) | 11 (20.8) | 12 (22.6) | 4 (7.6) | 10 (18.9) |
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Male | 33 (10.7) | 11 (3.6) | 61 (19.7) | 90 (29.1) | 60 (19.4) | 54 (17.5) | 4.57 | 1 | .03 |
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Female | 55 (10.9) | 40 (7.9) | 103 (20.4) | 158 (31.4) | 85 (16.9) | 63 (12.5) |
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Undergraduate | 16 (5.5) | 9 (3.1) | 45 (15.5) | 116 (39.9) | 66 (22.7) | 39 (13.4) | 18.46 | 1 | <.001 |
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Postgraduate / non student | 72 (13.7) | 42 (8.0) | 119 (22.7) | 134 (25.5) | 79 (15.1) | 79 (15.1) |
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