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. 2021 May 27;18(11):5786. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115786

Table 4.

Negative Binomial Model for Counts of Types of Risky Online Situations.

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.