Table 6.

Loneliness and channels of information

Channels	Number	Percent	Loneliness Scale score (mean ± SD)	p value*
Governmental and corporate homepages	514			0.425
Never	360	70.0%	36.2 ± 9.7
Once a year	71	13.8%	37.5 ± 10.0
Four times a year	38	7.4%	35.4 ± 10.1
Once a month	35	6.8%	33.7 ± 8.0
Once a week	7	1.4%	32.1 ± 11.2
2+ times/week	3	0.6%	36.3
Company and medical homepages	517			0.114
Never	312	60.3%	36.4 ± 9.8
Once a year	61	11.8%	37.2 ± 10.3
Four times a year	47	9.1%	35.1 ± 10.4
Once a month	72	13.9%	35.1 ± 8.6
Once a week	17	3.3%	31.6 ± 6.9
2+ times/week	8	1.5%	41.9 ± 7.8
Personal homepages	512			0.309
Never	288	56.3%	36.6 ± 9.8
Once a year	41	8.0%	36.9 ± 10.3
Four times a year	49	9.6%	34.0 ± 8.6
Once a month	68	13.3%	35.0 ± 10.3
Once a week	39	7.6%	34.4 ± 8.0
2+ times/week	27	5.3%	37.4 ± 9.9
SNS	511			0.013
Never	326	63.8%	37.1 ± 9.6
Once a year	22	4.3%	37.6 ± 10.3
Four times a year	22	4.3%	32.9 ± 9.9
Once a month	59	11.5%	34.3 ± 9.2
Once a week	46	9.0%	34.0 ± 10.1
2+ times/week	36	7.0%	32.8 ± 8.8
Magazines/books	513			0.027
Never	139	27.1%	37.5 ± 10.8
Once a year	69	13.5%	36.5 ± 9.4
Four times a year	98	19.1%	37.5 ± 9.5
Once a month	143	27.9%	34.8 ± 8.7
Once a week	47	9.2%	34.8 ± 9.7
2+ times/week	17	3.3%	31.2 ± 8.2
TV/Radio	513			0.026
Never	197	38.4%	37.4 ± 10.2
Once a year	58	11.3%	34.9 ± 8.8
Four times a year	83	16.2%	37.7 ± 9.1
Once a month	91	17.7%	34.8 ± 9.7
Once a week	61	11.9%	33.9 ± 8.9
2+ times/week	23	4.5%	34.1 ± 9.6
Pamphlets	509			0.133
Never	305	59.9%	36.7 ± 10.1
Once a year	61	12.0%	34.6 ± 8.8
Four times a year	62	12.2%	37.7 ± 10.4
Once a month	65	12.8%	33.6 ± 7.6
Once a week	13	2.6%	36.4 ± 8.3
2+ times/week	3	0.6%	37
Childrearing seminars	513			0.030
Never	292	56.9%	36.3 ± 10.0
Once a year	88	17.2%	38.1 ± 8.7
Four times a year	51	9.9%	36.2 ± 10.0
Once a month	68	13.3%	32.8 ± 8.2
Once a week	11	2.1%	34.9 ± 10.9
2+ times/week	3	0.6%	33

*One-way analysis of variance

SNS Social network site

TV, television