Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants (n = 1988) with and without internet disorder
| Variables | Internet disorder (n = 364) |
Non-internet disorder (n = 1624) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 201 (55.2) | 686 (42.2) | < 0.001 |
| Female | 163 (44.8) | 938 (57.8) | |
| Age group (year) | |||
| ≤ 20 | 122 (33.5) | 623 (38.4) | < 0.001 |
| > 20 | 242 (66.5) | 1001 (61.6) | |
| Family income ($) | |||
| < 1000 | 139 (38.2) | 875 (53.9) | < 0.001 |
| 1000-1500 | 106 (29.1) | 478 (29.4) | |
| > 1500 | 119 (32.7) | 271 (16.7) | |
| Academic performance | |||
| Very good | 98 (27.0) | 375 (23.1) | < 0.001 |
| Good | 148 (40.6) | 763 (47.0) | |
| Average | 78 (21.4) | 420 (25.9) | |
| Poor | 40 (11.0) | 66 (4.0) | |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Number of bedrooms at home | 3.42 ± 0.90 | 3.57 ± 0.99 | < 0.001 |
| Number of people living at home | 5.52 ± 2.01 | 4.80 ± 1.85 | < 0.001 |
| Number of sleeping hours | 6.05 ± 1.09 | 6.80 ± 1.31 | < 0.001 |
| Hours of internet use/day | 5.78 ± 2.67 | 5.58 ± 1.98 | < 0.001 |
SD: Standard deviation