TABLE 2.
Distribution of demographic, personality, mental health, and substance use characteristics among Tinder users (n = 1666) and non-Tinder users (n = 2940).
| Tinder users | Non-Tinder users | Significance tests and effect sizes | |
| Single respondents | Mean (SD)/% (95% CI) | Mean (SD)/% (95% CI) | |
| Demographics | |||
| Age | 22.8 (3.2) | 23.5 (5.1) | Cohen’s d = 0.148*** |
| Women | 56.6% | 61.9% | Phi = −0.052** |
| Born in Norway | 95.6% | 92.6% | Phi = 0.059*** |
| Have child/ren | 1.6% | 3.3% | Phi = −0.052** |
| Religious | 28.2% | 36.7% | Phi = −0.087*** |
| Personalitya | |||
| Extroversion | 14.7 (3.4) | 13.5 (3.8) | Cohen’s d = 0.320*** |
| Agreeableness | 16.7 (2.8) | 16.6 (2.9) | Cohen’s d = 0.048*** |
| Conscientiousness | 14.2 (3.3) | 14.4 (3.2) | NS |
| Neuroticism | 10.8 (3.6) | 10.8 (3.6) | NS |
| Openness | 14.4 (3.2) | 14.7 (3.2) | Cohen’s d = 0.088** |
| Mental health | |||
| Depressionb | 24.8 (7.7) | 24.6 (7.6) | NS |
| Anxietyc | 15.3 (4.1) | 15.0 (4.1) | Cohen’s d = 0.068* |
| Substance use | |||
| No alcohol use | 0.8% | 9.1% | Phi = −0.166*** |
| Low-risk alcohol used | 22.3% | 37.9% | Phi = −0.161*** |
| Hazardous alcohol usee | 62.8% | 44.3% | Phi = 0.179*** |
| Harmful or dependent alcohol usef | 14.0% | 8.7% | Phi = 0.084*** |
| Illegal substance use last 6 months | 21.2% | 14.4% | Phi = 0.087*** |
SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; NS, no significant difference between groups. aTotal scores range from 4to 20 for each trait, btotal scores range from 15 to 60, ctotal scores range from 10 to 40, d0 < AUDIT < 8, e7 < AUDIT < 16, fAUDIT > 15.