Table 2. Favorite FB activities and related gender differences.
Whole sample1 | Men | Women | Wilcoxon | p-Value | |
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Reading the news feed (n = 389) mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.1) | 1.9 (1.2) | 17432 | 0.9 |
Reading friends’ timelines (n = 346) mean (SD) | 2.2 (1.3) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.3) | 13256 | 0.2 |
Updating status (n = 229) mean (SD) | 2.6 (1.4) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.8 (1.4) | 4694 | 0.0005 |
Commenting (n = 353) mean (SD) | 2.7 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.0) | 2.8 (1.1) | 12422 | 0.2 |
Contributing to a group (n = 235) mean (SD) | 2.7 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.5) | 2.6 (1.5) | 6370 | 0.2 |
Sharing stuff from the Internet (n = 44) mean (SD) | 2.8 (1.7) | 3.4 (1.9) | 2.5 (1.6) | 272 | 0.1 |
Viewing friends’ pictures (n = 363) mean (SD) | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.1 (1.4) | 2.8 (1.3) | 14123 | 0.08 |
Gaming (n = 66) mean (SD) | 2.9 (1.7) | 1.9 (1.0) | 3.1 (1.8) | 198 | 0.032 |
1These scores are ranks, meaning that lower scores indicate higher preferences.