Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants, and prevalence of Internet addiction by these characteristics (n=416)

Characteristic	Level of Internet addiction
	No addiction	Mild addiction	Moderate addiction	Severe addiction
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Gender
Male	48 (60.0)	198 (72.8)	54 (96.4)	4 (50.0)
Female	32 (40.0)	74 (27.2)	2 (3.57)	4 (50.0)
Living status
Hostel/PG	40 (50.0)	159 (58.5)	23 (41.1)	2 (25.0)
Parents/family	40 (50.0)	113 (41.5)	33 (58.9)	6 (75.0)
Age (Years)
16	30 (37.5)	95 (34.9)	35 (62.5)	2 (25.0)
17	10 (12.5)	80 (29.4)	6 (10.7)	3 (37.5)
18	9 (11.3)	39 (14.3)	7 (12.5)	2 (25.0)
19	31 (38.8)	58 (21.4)	8 (14.3)	1 (12.5)