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. 2020 Dec 22;18(1):14. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18010014

Table 4.

Main effects of age groups and gender on changes in pre–post online media consumption.

Age Group Gender
18–24 25–34 35–54 >55 F
(3, 3228)
p η2 Male Female F
(1, 3228)
p η2
M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Gaming 0.31 a 0.69 0.15 b 0.55 0.068 c 0.46 0.03 c 0.32 33.00 <0.001 0.032 0.14 0.55 0.10 0.48 4.98 0.026 0.004
Erotic 0.15 a 0.56 0.02 b 0.42 0.02 b 0.37 0.02 b 0.31 12.02 <0.001 0.012 0.07 0.494 0.01 0.335 17.55 <0.001 0.005
Social media 0.33 a,b 0.62 0.35 a 0.57 0.26 b 0.58 0.16 c 0.49 15.99 <0.001 0.013 0.21 0.53 0.31 0.59 18.92 <0.001 0.003
Information research 0.30 a,b 0.66 0.37 a 0.68 0.34 a 0.65 0.23 b 0.60 4.78 0.003 0.004 0.19 0.59 0.39 0.67 70.00 <0.001 0.014
Streaming 0.42 a 0.73 0.37 a 0.65 0.33 a 0.68 0.21 b 0.59 10.25 <0.001 0.009 0.28 0.59 0.36 0. 70 10.24 0.001 0.003

Note. Dependent variable: The mean differences of responses (1: never, 2: rarely, 3: often, 4: very often) of self-reported consumption before and during the lockdown (range: −3 to +3). Different superscript letters indicate significant pairwise post-hoc differences between age categories by Tukey HSD. a: 18–24 years; b: 25–34 years; c: 35–54.