Table 3.
Weekly percentage of tweets posted during nonexam and exam periods by participants, by sex, ethnicity, and area of study.
|
Characteristics |
Academic tweets, mean % (SEa) |
Personal health tweets, mean % (SE) |
Social life tweets, mean % (SE) |
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| Nonexam period | Exam period | Nonexam period | Exam period | Nonexam period | Exam period | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 16.1 (1) | 19 (1.9) | 10.2 (1) | 8.2 (0.9) | 7.6 (0.6) | 5.0 (1) | |
| Male | 20 (2) | 24 (3.3) | 11 (0.9) | 12.3 (2.2) | 7.0 (0.7) | 6.2 (2) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 19 (2.4) | 32 (0.5) | 10.4 (1.1) | 6.7 (1.6) | 8.9 (1.1) | 7.4 (2.9) | |
| African American | 16.5 (0.2) | 12 (3) | 10.1 (1.1) | 6.9 (1.4) | 8.2 (1.6) | 5.9 (1.5) | |
| Latino | 20 (2.4) | 18.7 (2.1) | 11.5 (1) | 11.2 (2.0) | 7.5 (1.0) | 6.5 (1.8) | |
| Asian | 18 (1.6) | 23 (3.9) | 9.2 (0.8) | 11.4 (2.8) | 5.3 (0.5) | 2.5 (0.6) | |
| Other minorities | 12 (2.0) | 15.1 (4.5) | 10.0 (2.6) | 10.1 (2.7) | 7.8 (1.1) | 4.9 (1.9) | |
| Areas of study | |||||||
| Health science | 11.5 (1.0) | 18.8 (1.7) | 11.5 (1.0) | 11.5 (1.9) | 6.8 (1.1) | 6.6 (1.4) | |
| Business | 10.0 (2.1) | 20.2 (0.4) | 10.0 (2.1) | 2.7 (1.2) | 7.9 (1.1) | 2.2 (1.2) | |
| Mathematics and engineering |
9.3 (0.8) | 21 (2.5) | 9.3 (0.8) | 7.4 (1.7) | 7.9 (1.2) | 4.9 (2.0) | |
| Social science and arts | 8.1 (0.7) | 13 (1.6) | 8.0 (0.7) | 5.7 (1.1) | 6.9 (1.2) | 6.5 (2.6) | |
| Undeclared | 10 (1.4) | 15.5 (2.3) | 10.4 (1.4) | 14.5 (2.6) | 7.2 (1.0) | 4.9 (2.0) | |
aSE: standard error.