Table 4.
Covariate | IRR (95% CI) |
Age (15 and older vs. 14) | 1.1 (1.0–1.4) |
Gender (Female vs. Male) | 1.5 (1.3–1.9) ** |
Race (White vs. Non-White) | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) |
Kik Use (Yes vs. No) | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) |
Chatting with strangers on social media (Any Frequency of Communication vs. Never/I don’t have a social media account) | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) ** |
Social Media Use (continuous) | 1.08 (1.01–1.15) * |
Covariate | Chi-Squared (df); p-Value |
Frequency that friends chat with strangers on social media (categorical) | 14.6 (3); p = 0.002 |
Covariate | Pairwise Comparison of Marginal Linear Predictors (If Applicable)–IRR (95% CI) |
Frequency that friends chat with strangers on social media | |
“Never” vs. “I don’t know” | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) |
“Sometimes” vs. “I don’t know” | 1.5 (1.2–1.9) ** |
“Often” vs. “I don’t know” | 1.6 (1.2–2.1) ** |
“Sometimes” vs. “Never” | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) |
“Often” vs. “Never” | 1.2 (0.9–1.8) |
“Often” vs. “Sometimes” | 1.1 (0.8–1.3) |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.