Table 3.
Bivariate statistics by time spent on Facebook (n=461).
| Variable | Stayed about the same (n=241), n (%) | Increased (n=61), n (%) | Decreased (n=159), n (%) | Chi-square (df) | P value | |
| Age group (years) |
|
|
|
31.8 (6) | <.001a | |
|
|
18-29 | 55 (22.8) | 12 (19.7) | 61 (38.4) |
|
|
|
|
30-49 | 75 (31.1) | 29 (47.5) | 59 (37.1) | ||
|
|
50-64 | 65 (27.0) | 17 (27.9) | 27 (17.0) | ||
|
|
65+ | 46 (19.1) | 3 (4.9) | 12 (7.5) | ||
| Sex |
|
|
|
1.5 (2) | .466 | |
|
|
Male | 112 (46.5) | 23 (37.8) | 72 (45.3) |
|
|
|
|
Female | 129 (53.5) | 38 (62.3) | 87 (54.7) | ||
| Income |
|
|
|
7.4 (4) | .118 | |
|
|
<$30,000 | 67 (27.8) | 16 (26.2) | 56 (35.2) |
|
|
|
|
$30,000-$100,000 | 134 (55.6) | 28 (45.9) | 74 (46.5) | ||
|
|
>$100,000 | 40 (16.7) | 17 (27.9) | 29 (18.3) | ||
| Employment |
|
|
|
5.3 (4) | .255 | |
|
|
Full-time | 123 (51.0) | 26 (42.6) | 88 (55.4) |
|
|
|
|
Part-time | 32 (13.3) | 13 (21.3) | 26 (16.4) | ||
|
|
Not employed | 86 (35.8) | 22 (36.1) | 45 (28.3) | ||
| Race |
|
|
|
6.4 (6) | .363a | |
|
|
White | 196 (81.3) | 46 (75.4) | 118 (74.2) |
|
|
|
|
Black or African-American | 24 (10.0) | 7 (11.4) | 26 (16.4) | ||
|
|
Asian or Pacific Islander | 6 (2.5) | 4 (6.7) | 5 (3.1) | ||
|
|
Other | 15 (6.2) | 4 (6.7) | 10 (6.4) | ||
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
5.3 (2) | .045a | |
|
|
Hispanic | 27 (11.2) | 1 (1.6) | 17 (10.7) |
|
|
|
|
Not Hispanic (Other) | 214 (88.9) | 60 (98.4) | 142 (89.3) | ||
| Education |
|
|
|
3.2 (2) | .204 | |
|
|
≤High school | 75 (31.1) | 12 (19.7) | 48 (30.2) |
|
|
|
|
≥College | 166 (68.9) | 49 (80.3) | 111 (69.8) | ||
aP values from Fisher’s exact test due to small cell counts.