Table 2.
Prevalence (weighted) of different methods to communicate with family (N=1484).
| Means of communication | Prevalence, n (%) | |||
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Very often | Sometimes | Seldom | Never |
| Face-to-face | 1199 (80.77) | 209 (14.08) | 64 (4.30) | 13 (0.85) |
| Mobile phone/phone | 637 (42.91) | 522 (35.18) | 219 (14.74) | 107 (7.18) |
| Instant messaging instruments (eg, WhatsApp, WeChat [WeiXin], LINE) | 458 (30.84) | 338 (22.80) | 183 (12.31) | 505 (34.05) |
| Social media sites (eg, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, WeiBo) | 95 (6.43) | 166 (11.17) | 338 (22.75) | 885 (59.65) |
| 53 (3.59) | 145 (9.80) | 348 (23.44) | 938 (63.18) | |