[Table/Fig-4]:
Comparison of associated factors between participants with mobile phone dependence (MPD) and those without MPD
| Items | MPD Present (N=130) |
MPD Absent (N=285) |
t- test/chi square value |
p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 92 | 159 | 8.382 | 0.0037 | 1.91 (1.23 - 2.99) |
| Female | 38 | 126 | ||||
| Duration of mobile phone use | < 3 years | 107 | 262 | 8.387 | 0.0038 | 2.44 (1.31 – 4.55) |
| ≥ 3 years | 23 | 23 | ||||
| Type of Phone | Smart | 104 | 171 | 15.975 | 0.00006 | 2.66 (1.63 - 4.35) |
| Non-Smart | 26 | 114 | ||||
| Average time spent on mobile phone per day (minutes) | 199.8 ± 127.4 | 100.7± 102.5 | 8.445 | < 0.001 | ||
| Parental working status | One parent working | 100 | 201 | 1.742 | 0.4185 | |
| Both parents working | 30 | 84 | ||||
| Family type | Single parent | 5 | 9 | 13.303 | 0.0012 | |
| Nuclear | 90 | 240 | ||||
| Compound | 35 | 36 | ||||