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. 2020 Jul 22;11:1736. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01736

TABLE 2.

Demographics of the research sample.

Variable Count %
Gender Male 183 56.0
Female 144 44.0
Age 17 or bellow 6 1.8
18–30 154 47.1
31–40 103 31.5
41–50 60 18.3
>51 4 1.2
Education level Junior high school 10 3.1
Senior high school 15 4.6
Undergraduate 262 80.1
Postgraduate 40 12.2
Monthly income <2,000 Yuan 32 9.8
2,000–3,999 Yuan 97 29.7
4,000–5,999 Yuan 101 30.9
60,000–7,999 Yuan 71 21.7
>≥8,000 Yuan 26 8.0
Occupation Student 65 19.9
Company employee 93 28.4
Employee in public institutions 84 25.7
Civil servant 33 10.1
Self-employed 38 11.6
Retired 10 3.1
Others 4 1.2
Length of use <6 months 8 2.4
>6 months and <1 year 35 10.7
>1 year and <2 years 124 37.9
>2 years and <3 years 89 27.2
>3 years 71 21.7
Average minutes using WeChat per day <10 min 86 26.3
>10 min and <30 min 101 30.9
>30 min and <60 min 104 31.8
>60 min 36 11.0