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. 2019 May 15;5(5):e01614. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01614

Table 10.

Perception of security on social media.

Items Strongly agree Partly agree Strongly disagree Mean (Std. Deviation)
Item 6. “While installing a new application on my smart phone, I cancel the installation if it asks for permission to access contacts, location information etc.” 19.4% 52.3% 28.3% 1.9 (SD = 0.6)
Item 7. “It is not safe to install the application that my close friends use.” 6.9% 33.4% 59.7% 1.4 (SD = 0.6)
Item 8. “It is not safe to be friends with strangers on social media.” 46.9% 37.1% 16.0% 2.3 (SD = 0.7)
Item 9. “It is not safe to be friends with people that are friends of my friends but that I do not know personally.” 28.8% 48.2% 23.0% 2.0 (SD = 0.7)
Item 10. “Government should impose restrictions on social media in case of need.” 36.7% 33.3% 30.0% 2.0 (SD = 0.8)