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. 2017 May 19;3(2):e28. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.7149

Table 2.

Unadjusted changes in sexual risk, social media utilization, and parental monitoring at baseline (T1) and 16-month follow up (T2).

Variables of interest and response categories T1
% (n)
T2
% (n)
Δ T1, T2
Sexual risk composite score mean (SD) (range 0-6) 0.425 (0.97) 0.733 (1.13) 0.31 (P<.001)
Social media use and behavior



Mobile phone access (yes) 88.7 (488) 92.0 (494)
Mean number of activities on mobile phone (SD) 5.90 (1.61) 6.30 (1.26) 0.4 (P<.001)
SMS use 95.7 (467) 98.6 (486) 2.88 (P=.007)

More than 100 SMS per day 34.2 (149) 27.9 (135) −6.13 (P=.02)

SMS Parents at least once per day 53.4 (239) 54.1 (260)

SMS Friends at least once per day 87.6 (403) 86.0 (418)

SMS boy/girlfriend at least once per day 64.8 (283) 68.7 (322)
Internet use 96.9 (533) 98.5 (529)

Using Internet once per day 78.2 (415) 78.6 (416)
Social networking account 95.7 (528) 97.0 (518)

Facebook 82.9 (458) 73.0 (390) −9.94 (P<.001)

Twitter 58.7 (324) 55.8 (298)

YouTube 61.8 (341) 66.9 (357)

Instagram 14.8 (82) 27.4 (119) 12.65 (P<.001)
Mean number of activities on SNS (SD) 5.08 (0.08) 5.02 (0.09)

Logging in to SNS one or more times per day 79.1 (417) 82.1 (426)
Mean parental monitoring score (SD) 3.05 (0.75) 3.00 (0.75)