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. 2018 Sep 5;13(9):e0201971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201971

Table 1. FB usage preferences and gender differences.

Whole sample (n = 676) Men (n = 210) Women (n = 466) χ2 p-Value
Reading the news feed n (%) 389 (57.5%) 137 (65.2) 252 (54.1) 6.9 >0.01
Viewing friends’ pictures n (%) 363(53.7) 94 (44.8) 269 (57.7) 9.3 0.1
Commenting n (%) 353 (52.2) 114 (54.3) 239 (51.3) 0.4 0.5
Reading friends’ timelines n (%) 346 (51.2) 98 (46.7) 248 (53.2) 2.3 0.1
Contributing to a group n (%) 235 (34.8) 70 (33.3) 165 (35.4) 0.2 0.7
Updating status n (%) 229 (33.9) 95 (45.2) 134 (28.8) 16.8 >0.001
Gaming n (%) 66 (9.8) 12 (5.7) 54 (11.6) 5.0 0.025
Sharing stuff from the Internet n (%) 44 (6.5) 14 (6.7) 30 (6.4) 0.0 1
Using Messenger app n (%) 294 (43.5%) 90 (42.9%) 204 (43.8%) 0.02 0.89
FB main access 24.08 >0.001
Personal computer n (%) 241 (35.7%) 99 (47.1%) 142 (30.5%)
Professional computer n (%) 46 (6.8%) 19 (9.0%) 27 (5.8%)
Smartphone n (%) 351 (51.9%) 81 (38.6%) 270 (57.9%)
Tablet n (%) 38 (5.6%) 11 (5.2%) 27 (5.8%)
Notifications n (%) 302 (44.7%) 75 (35.7%) 227 (48.7%) 9.38 >0.01