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. 2021 Sep 15;8(9):e26273. doi: 10.2196/26273

Table 1.

Demographic information for the sample (N=4153)a.

Variables Full sample statistics
Gender, n (%)

Female 1929 (46.45)

Male 2184 (52.59)

Nonbinary or transgender 35 (0.84)
Race, n (%)

White 2821 (67.93)

Black or African American 608 (14.64)

Asian 210 (5.06)

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander 130 (3.13)

Multiracial 205 (4.94)
Ethnicity, n (%)

Hispanic or Latino 733 (17.65)
Age (years), mean (SD) 14.64 (1.66)
Grade, mean (SD) 8.58 (1.78)
Parent education, n (%)

High school or less 249 (6)

High school or General Educational Development 782 (18.83)

Some college or associate’s 1321 (31.81)

Four-year college or bachelor’s 967 (23.28)

Professional degree 810 (19.5)
Sleepiness and social media behaviors, mean (SD)

Daytime sleepiness 13.08 (6.62)

Social media checking frequency 5.00 (2.64)

Social media posting frequency 5.79 (2.38)

Technology for social importance 16.26 (5.57)
Technology access and rules

Bedtime technology rules (yes), n (%) 1417 (34.12)

Total media access rules, mean (SD) 1.03 (1.06)

Smartphone age (parent), mean (SD) 12.36 (2.19)

Smartphone age (teen), mean (SD) 11.98 (2.01)

aParticipant responses that were not provided or stated prefer not to say are not included in the above table.