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. 2020 Mar 4;8:22. doi: 10.1186/s40359-020-0373-1

Table 1.

Demographics (n = 437)

Total
n (%)
Non-users n (%) Past Users n (%) Users
n (%)
Chi-square value Degrees of Freedom P-valuea
n % 437 207 (47.4) 101 (23.1) 129 (29.5)
Age* (missing = 1)
 18–23 234 53.6 91 (38.9) 56 (23.9) 87 (37.2) 18.949 4 0.001
 24–29 99 22.8 52 (52.5) 24 (24.2) 23 (23.2)
 30 and older 103 23.7 63 (61.2) 21 (20.4) 19 (18.4)
Gender (missing = 4)
 Male 180 41.6 80 (44.4) 45 (25.0) 55 (30.6) 1.222 2 0.543
 Female 253 58.4 125 (49.4) 54 (21.3) 74 (29.2)
Sexual orientation
 Heterosexual 379 86.7 193 (50.9) 84 (22.2) 102 (26.9) 15.303 2 < 0.001
 LGBTQI+ 58 13.3 14 (24.1) 17 (29.3) 27 (46.6)
Marital status (missing = 1)
 Married/de facto 99 22.7 78 (78.8) 19 (19.2) 2 (2.0) 59.926 2 < 0.001
 Not married 337 77.3 129 (38.3) 82 (24.3) 126 (37.4)
Relationship status (missing = 5)
 Single & not dating 141 32.6 58 (41.1) 16 (11.3) 67 (47.5) 160.562 4 < 0.001
 Dating 60 13.9 6 (10.0) 6 (10.0) 48 (80.0)
 In an exclusive relationship 231 53.5 138 (59.7) 79 (34.2) 14 (6.1)
Employment (missing = 1)
 Not employed 102 23.4 48 (47.1) 21 (20.6) 33 (32.4) 2.952 4 0.566
 0–30 h per week 170 39.0 80 (47.1) 36 (21.2) 54 (31.8)
  > 30 h per week 164 37.6 78 (47.6) 44 (26.8) 42 (25.6)
Social media use (missing = 3)
  ≥ once a week 434 100 129 (29.7) 101 (23.3) 204 (47.0)

a Chi-square analyses

p value for a significant result