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. 2017 Oct 17;6(4):611–619. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.064

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the two subsamples – excessive social media use and excessive online gaming

Excessive social media use Excessive online gaming
n = 1,267 (25.9%)a n = 535 (10.9%)a
Gender
Male (n, %) 508 40.1 489 91.4
Female (n, %) 759 59.9 46 8.6
Age (mean, SD) 16.6 0.8 16.7 0.9
Type of secondary school
Grammar school (n, %) 362 28.6 121 22.6
Secondary with graduation (n, %) 501 39.5 215 40.2
Vocational (n, %) 404 31.9 199 37.2
Daily smoking
No (n, %) 1,005 79.3 456 85.2
Yes (n, %) 262 20.7 79 14.8
Binge drinking
No (n, %) 583 46.0 271 50.7
Yes (n, %) 684 54.0 264 49.3
Marijuana use
No (n, %) 814 64.2 370 69.2
Yes (n, %) 453 35.8 165 30.8
Family composition
Complete (n, %) 775 61.2 326 60.9
Reconstructed (n, %) 175 13.8 71 13.3
Other (n, %) 317 25.0 138 25.8

Note. Values in bold indicate categories where significant differences (p < .05) between the excessive and non-excessive users were identified (based on the results of χ2 test, respectively, independent-samples median test for age).

a

Percentage of the total sample.