Table 1.
Relationship between Internet Addiction and Socio-Demographic Variables
| parameters | Sample |
Internet addiction
(CIAS) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical | Normal | |||
| %(n) | %(n) | %(n) | ||
| Total | 100(945) | 20(189) | 80(756) | |
| Sex | 0.113 | |||
| Girl | 55.27(522) | 21.7(113) | 78.3(409) | |
| Boy | 44.73(423) | 17.6(74) | 82.4(349) | |
| Age (years) | 0.205 | |||
| 12-14 | 42.6(403) | 18.1(73) | 81.9(330) | |
| 15-18 | 57.4(542) | 21.5(117) | 78.5(725) | |
| Father Education | 0.05 | |||
| Under Diploma | 25.5(241) | 25.8(62) | 74.2(179) | |
| Diploma College Education |
34.8(329) 39.7(375) |
20.3(67) 17.4(65) |
79.7(262) 82.6(310) |
|
|
Mother Education
Under Diploma Diploma College Education Consanguineous marriage |
22.9(217) 43.2(408) 33.9(320) |
24.7(54) 19.3(79) 18.4(59) |
75.3(163) 80.7(329) 81.6(261) |
0.186 0.04 |
| No family relationship Family relationship |
74.1(700) 25.9(245) |
21.7(152) 15.5(38) |
78.3(548) 84.5(207) |
|
|
consulting service
Yes No |
24.7(233) 75.3(712) |
22.9(53) 19(135) |
77.1(180) 81(577) |
0.191 |
CIAS: Chen Internet Addiction Scale