Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, online activities, risk factors of the sample and the prevalence of Addictive Internet use (N = 6468).
| Regular use N (n%) |
Mild addiction N (n%) |
Severe addiction N (n%) |
χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n, %) | 73.7 | 0.000 | |||
| Male | 2486 (69.4) | 1052 (29.4) | 44 (1.2) | ||
| Female | 2274 (78.8) | 594 (20.6) | 18 (0.06) | ||
| School year (n, %) | 42.0 | 0.000 | |||
| Primary school10–12 | 1890 (89.2) | 228 (10.8) | 2 (0.09) | ||
| Middle school 13–15 | 1389 (69.6) | 583 (29.2) | 24 (1.2) | ||
| High school/college 16–19 | 1481 (63) | 835 (35.5) | 36 (1.5) | ||
| Residency (n, %) | 49.4 | 0.000 | |||
| Urban area | 1879 (69.1) | 806 (29.6) | 34 (1.2) | ||
| Suburb area | 2881 (76.8) | 840 (22.4) | 28 (0.75) | ||
| Self-report family economy (n, %) | 70.1 | 0.000 | |||
| Lower | 299 (62.4) | 170 (35.5) | 10 (2.1) | ||
| Middle | 2842 (72.1) | 1063 (27) | 37 (0.94) | ||
| Upper | 1619 (79.1) | 413 (20.2) | 15 (0.73) | ||
| Parents' monitoring online activities (n, %) | 20.9 | 0.000 | |||
| Never | 861 (74.6) | 282 (24.4) | 11 (0.95) | ||
| Occasional | 2081 (71.4) | 814 (27.9) | 21 (0.72) | ||
| Often | 1818 (28.1) | 550 (22.9) | 30 (1.3) | ||
| Social network (n, %) | 23.7 | 0.00 | |||
| Use | 4530 (73) | 1611 (26) | 61 (0.98) | ||
| No use | 230 (86.5) | 35 (13.2) | 1 (0.37) | ||
| School work (n, %) | 0.8 | 0.66 | |||
| Use | 585 (73.2) | 204 (25.5) | 10 (1.2) | ||
| No use | 4175 (73.6) | 1442 (25.4) | 52 (0.92) | ||
| Entertainment (n, %) | 36. 4 | 0.000 | |||
| Use | 3911 (72.2) | 1457 (26.9) | 52 (83.9) | ||
| No use | 849 (81.) | 189 (18) | 10 (16.1) | ||
| Online gaming (n, %) | 88.9 | 0.000 | |||
| Use | 1376 | 283 | 12 | ||
| No use | 3384 | 1363 | 50 | ||
| Online shopping (n, %) | 99.5 | 0.000 | |||
| Use | 1485 (61.3) | 726 (32.4) | 33 (1.5) | ||
| No use | 3275 (77.5) | 920 (21.8) | 29 (0.7) |