Table 3.

Relationship between Internet addiction and sociodemographic features of female students at Jouf University, SA, 2017

	Degree of Internet addiction				p value
	Normal (n = 180)		Moderate/severe (n = 190)
	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
Age (years)					0.440
≤ 20 years	79	43.9	91	47.9
> 20 years	101	56.1	99	52.1
Type of college					0.071
Scientific	126	70.0	116	61.1
Theoretical	54	30.0	74	38.9
Marital status					0.809
Single	147	81.7	157	82.6
Married	33	18.3	33	17.4
Father education
Illiterate/read and write	51	28.3	20	10.5	0.000*
Basic education	22	12.2	19	10.0
Secondary	46	25.6	48	25.3
University or more	61	33.9	103	54.2
Mother education					0.917
Illiterate/read and write	45	25.0	47	24.7
Basic education	28	15.6	34	17.9
Secondary	29	16.1	32	16.8
University or more	78	43.3	77	40.5
Living arrangement					0.069
Living with family	171	95.0	171	90.0
University housing	9	5.0	19	10.0
No. of sleeping hours					0.000*
6 h or less	46	25.6	96	50.5
7–8 h	90	50.0	65	34.2
9 h or more	44	24.4	29	15.3
Family income					0.376
< 5000 RS	35	19.4	42	22.1
5000–10,000 RS	56	31.1	53	27.9
10,001–15,000 RS	32	17.8	45	23.7
> 15,000 RS	57	31.7	50	26.3

p value was calculated using the chi-square test

^*Significant at p <0.05