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. 2015 May 20;17(5):e119. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4347

Table 2.

Frequency of use of social media for professional purposes (the percentage shown is the percent of respondents for each row).


Never, n (%) Less than once month, n (%) A few times per month, n (%) A few times per week, n (%) About once per day, n (%) More once per day, n (%) χ2 DF P
Country

Australia 63 (12.3) 41 (8.0) 121 (23.6) 165 (32.2) 75 (14.7) 47 (9.2) 63.76 3 <.001

India 8 (5.0) 4 (2.5) 25 (15.7) 47 (29.6) 39 (24.5) 36 (22.7)



Malaysia 4 (4.5) 1 (1.1) 7 (7.9) 28 (31.5) 26 (29.2) 23 (25.8)



Other 13 (24.1) 5 (9.3) 11 (20.4) 9 (16.7) 5 (9.3) 11 (20.4)


Age

<25 18 (6.5) 9 (3.3) 51 (18.4) 96 (34.7) 64 (23.1) 39 (14.1) 20.1 4 <.001

25-34 29 (11.2) 16 (6.2) 52 (20.2) 70 (27.1) 48 (18.6) 43 (16.7)



35-44 18 (13.0) 10 (7.2) 29 (20.9) 47 (33.8) 18 (13.0) 17 (12.2)



45-54 15 (17.2) 8 (9.2) 20 (23.0) 24 (27.6) 11 (12.6) 9 (10.3)



55+ 8 (15.1) 8 (15.1) 11 (20.8) 12 (22.6) 4 (7.6) 10 (18.9)


Gender

Male 33 (10.7) 11 (3.6) 61 (19.7) 90 (29.1) 60 (19.4) 54 (17.5) 4.57 1 .03

Female 55 (10.9) 40 (7.9) 103 (20.4) 158 (31.4) 85 (16.9) 63 (12.5)


Graduate status

Undergraduate 16 (5.5) 9 (3.1) 45 (15.5) 116 (39.9) 66 (22.7) 39 (13.4) 18.46 1 <.001

Postgraduate / non student 72 (13.7) 42 (8.0) 119 (22.7) 134 (25.5) 79 (15.1) 79 (15.1)