Table 2.
Descriptive results of social networking time, income and HRQoL
Variables | Social networking time | Family income (1000 dollars) | Days of poor mental health | Days of poor physical health | Days of activity limitations | Assessment of general health | ||||||
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mean | t-test | mean | t-test | mean | t-test | mean | t-test | mean | t-test | mean | t-test | |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Female | 50.269 | −9.794*** | 34.672 | −7.509*** | 3.704 | 0.847*** | 2.832 | 0.521** | 1.334 | 0.217 | 3.639 | −0.028 |
Male | 60.063 | 42.181 | 2.857 | 2.311 | 1.117 | 3.667 | ||||||
Race | ||||||||||||
Non-white | 60.889 | 7.832** | 28.077 | −13.478*** | 3.131 | −0.22 | 2.425 | −0.207 | 1.157 | −0.097 | 3.557 | −0.127*** |
White | 53.058 | 41.555 | 3.351 | 2.632 | 1.254 | 3.683 | ||||||
Marital status | ||||||||||||
Non-married | 69.119 | 30.007*** | 26.973 | −23.821*** | 3.857 | 1.186*** | 2.796 | 0.454** | 1.439 | 0.443*** | 3.615 | −0.078** |
Married | 39.112 | 50.795 | 2.671 | 2.342 | 0.996 | 3.693 | ||||||
Working status | ||||||||||||
Not working | 38.841 | −16.569* | 37.158 | −1.152 | 8.432 | 5.274*** | 10.773 | 8.414*** | 8.432 | 7.398*** | 3.057 | −0.611*** |
Working | 55.41 | 38.310 | 3.158 | 2.358 | 1.034 | 3.668 | ||||||
Place of living | ||||||||||||
Rural | 53.68 | −1.453 | 29.776 | −9.568*** | 3.575 | 0.311 | 2.756 | 0.195 | 1.222 | −0.009 | 3.434 | −0.245*** |
Urban | 55.13 | 39.344 | 3.263 | 2.56 | 1.231 | 3.679 |