Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of social networking sites users among college-going adolescents of Chandigarh.
| Characteristics | Total users | Daily users | Nondaily users | p value | |
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| Gender | Male | 96 | 63 (65.6) | 33 (34.4) | 0.2 |
| Female | 118 | 69 (58.65) | 49 (41.5) | ||
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| Family structure | Joint | 42 | 28 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) | 0.46 |
| Nuclear | 172 | 104 (60.5) | 68 (39.5) | ||
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| Education | Engineering and science | 84 | 51 (60.7) | 33 (39.3) | 0.82 |
| Arts and humanities | 130 | 81 (62.3) | 49 (37.7) | ||
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| Religion | Hindu | 173 | 106 (61.3) | 67 (38.7) | 0.90 |
| Sikh | 34 | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.5) | ||
| Others | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | ||
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| Pocket money | <500 | 27 | 10 (37) | 17 (63) | 0.003 |
| 501–2500 | 90 | 50 (55.6) | 36 (41.9) | ||
| >2501 | 103 | 72 (69.9) | 29 (28.7) | ||
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| Other sources of income | Yes | 13 | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | 1 |
| No | 201 | 124 (61.7) | 77 (38.3) | ||
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| Who they live with | Alone | 62 | 43 (69.4) | 19 (30.6) | 0.14 |
| With parents | 152 | 89 (58.6) | 63 (41.4) | ||
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| No. of family members | 1–5 | 186 | 114 (61.3) | 72 (38.7) | 0.76 |
| >5 | 28 | 18 (64.3) | 11 (35.7) | ||
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| Do they have siblings | Yes | 173 | 102 (59) | 71 (41) | 0.09 |
| No | 41 | 30 (73) | 11 (26.8) | ||
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| Peer group (friends) | Yes | 203 | 127 (62.6) | 76 (37.4) | 0.26 |
| No | 11 | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | ||