Table 3.
Sociodemographic comparison between WeChat users and nonusers.
| Characteristic | All respondents (N=400) | WeChat users | P valuea |
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| No (N=237) | Yes (N=163) |
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| Age, mean (SD) | 46.87 (10.99) | 50.42 (0.67) | 41.70 (0.77) | <.001b |
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| Gender |
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.611 |
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Male, n (%) | 200 (50.00) | 121 (51.05) | 79 (48.47) |
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Female, n (%) | 200 (50.00) | 116 (48.95) | 84 (51.53) |
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| Marriage |
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.403 |
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Single, n (%) | 150 (37.50) | 83 (35.02) | 67 (41.10) |
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Married/cohabited, n (%) | 172 (43.00) | 104 (43.88) | 68 (41.72) |
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Elsec, n (%) | 78 (19.50) | 50 (21.10) | 28 (17.18) |
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| Education |
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<.001b |
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Primary and below, n (%) | 75 (18.75) | 66 (27.85) | 9 (5.52) |
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Middle and high, n (%) | 271 (67.75) | 158 (66.67) | 113 (69.33) |
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College and above, n (%) | 54 (13.50) | 13 (5.49) | 41 (25.15) |
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| Employment |
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.001b |
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Unemployed, n (%) | 358 (89.50) | 222 (93.67) | 136 (83.44) |
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Employed, n (%) | 42 (10.50) | 15 (6.33) | 27 (16.56) |
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aDescriptive statistics were compared with chi-square tests for categorical variables (gender, marriage, education, and employment) and unpaired t test for continuous variable (age).
bSignificance at P<.05 or P<.01.
cElse include divorced, separated, and widowed.