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

Table 2. Favorite FB activities and related gender differences.

Whole sample1 Men Women Wilcoxon p-Value
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.