Table 4.
Relation between level of Internet addiction and sociodemographic data of the studied students
| Sociodemographic data | Level of Internet addiction | X2 | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Internet user | Possible Internet addict | Severe Internet addict | ||||||
|
Sex Male Female |
Non-medical | Medical | Non-medical | Medical | Non-medical | Medical | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| 25 (33.8%) | 5 (27.8%) | 98 (38.1%) | 52 (32.1%) | 10 (23.8%) | 55 (28.5%) | |||
| 49 (66.2%) | 13 (72.2%) | 159 (61.9%) | 110 (67.9%) | 32 (76.2%) | 138 (71.5%) | |||
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 46 (62.2%) | 9 (50%) | 134 (52.1%) | 110 (67.9%) | 25 (59.5%) | 118 (61.1%) | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Rural | 28 (37.8%) | 9 (50%) | 123 (47.9%) | 52 (32.1%) | 17 (40.5%) | 75 (38.9%) | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married or engaged | 6 (8.1%) | 2 (11.1%) | 21 (8.2%) | 9 (5.6%) | 3 (7.1%) | 9 (4.7%) | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| Not married | 68 (91.9%) | 16 (88.9%) | 236 (91.8%) | 153 (94.4%) | 39 (92.9%) | 184 (95.3%) | ||
| Family income | ||||||||
| Not enough | 4 (5.4%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (5.1%) | 7 (4.3%) | 7 (16.7%) | 10 (5.2%) | 11.6 | 0.6 |
| Just enough | 35 (47.3%) | 12 (66.7%) | 147 (57.2%) | 82 (50.6%) | 17 (40.5%) | 109 (56.5%) | ||
| Enough and saving | 35 (47.3%) | 6 (33.3%) | 97 (37.7%) | 73 (45.1%) | 18 (42.9%) | 74 (38.3%) | ||