Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, mental health problems, and social media use overall and for males and females.
| Overall (n = 10963) M (SD)/n (%) |
Male (n = 4689) M (SD)/n (%) |
Female (n = 6274) M (SD)/n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 33.38 (10.03) | 34.89 (10.14) | 32.26 (9.79) | <0.001 |
| Education | <0.001 | |||
| High school or lower | 919 (8.4) | 458 (9.8) | 461 (7.3) | |
| College or higher | 10044 (91.6) | 4231 (90.2) | 5813 (92.7) | |
| Occupation | <0.001 | |||
| Unemployed/retired | 408 (3.7) | 138 (2.9) | 270 (4.3) | |
| Employed | 10555 (96.3) | 4551 (97.1) | 6004 (95.7) | |
| Marriage | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 6529 (59.6) | 3017 (64.3) | 3512 (56.0) | |
| Unmarried | 4434 (40.4) | 1672 (35.7) | 2762 (44.0) | |
| Living area | 0.053 | |||
| Urban | 10410 (95.0) | 4476 (95.5) | 5934 (94.6) | |
| Rural | 553 (5.0) | 213 (4.5) | 340 (5.4) | |
| Mental health problems a | ||||
| Stress | 1181 (10.8) | 590 (12.6) | 591 (9.4) | <0.001 |
| Anxiety | 2896 (26.4) | 1367 (29.2) | 1529 (24.4) | <0.001 |
| Depression | 1995 (18.2) | 984 (21.0) | 1011 (16.1) | <0.001 |
| Weekly social media use (hours) | ||||
| Before COVID-19 | 17.20 (15.41) | 16.99 (15.39) | 17.35 (15.43) | <0.001 |
| During COVID-19 | 21.40 (18.42) | 20.67 (17.89) | 21.95 (18.19) | <0.001 |
| Changed weekly social media use (hours) | 4.20 (9.43) | 3.68 (8.47) | 4.59 (10.06) | <0.001 |
| Increased weekly social media use ≥ 3.5 h | 4058 (37.0) | 1552 (33.1) | 2506 (39.9) | <0.001 |
| Social media addiction | 750 (6.8) | 376 (8.0) | 374 (6.0) | <0.001 |
Note.
a
Mental health problems were ranged from moderate to extremely severe.