Table 4.
Logistic regression models: Decrease in digital communication.
| Voice calls (N = 2892) |
Video calls (N = 2892) |
Text messages (N = 2893) |
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| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
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| b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | |
| Intercept | 0.53 | 0.80 | 1.11 | 0.83 | −0.09 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.03 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 1.00 |
| Time of data collection | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.38∗ | 0.16 | 0.41∗ | 0.16 |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||||||||
| Age | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02∗∗∗ | 0.00 | 0.02∗∗∗ | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Female | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.14 | −0.15 | 0.11 | −0.23∗ | 0.12 | −0.19 | 0.16 | −0.27 | 0.17 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| African-American | 0.43∗ | 0.19 | 0.45∗ | 0.19 | 0.53∗∗ | 0.16 | 0.55∗∗∗ | 0.17 | 0.60∗∗ | 0.22 | 0.60∗∗ | 0.22 |
| Hispanic | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| Asian | 0.78∗∗ | 0.28 | 0.76∗∗ | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.29 | −0.09 | 0.48 | −0.16 | 0.48 |
| Native American | −0.46 | 0.61 | −0.46 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.50 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Some college | −0.18 | 0.17 | −0.13 | 0.18 | −0.28 | 0.15 | −0.22 | 0.15 | −0.31 | 0.22 | −0.26 | 0.22 |
| Bachelor's degree or more | −0.82∗∗∗ | 0.20 | −0.75∗∗∗ | 0.20 | −0.88∗∗∗ | 0.16 | −0.79∗∗∗ | 0.16 | −0.68∗∗ | 0.23 | −0.59∗ | 0.23 |
| Household income (log) | −0.25∗∗∗ | 0.08 | −0.23∗∗ | 0.08 | −0.26∗∗∗ | 0.07 | −0.22∗∗ | 0.07 | −0.31∗∗ | 0.09 | −0.26∗∗ | 0.09 |
| Employed | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.13 | −0.06 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.18 |
| Metropolitan status | ||||||||||||
| Rural | −0.06 | 0.18 | −0.09 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.15 | −0.03 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.22 | −0.01 | 0.22 |
| Suburban | −0.19 | 0.15 | −0.18 | 0.15 | −0.03 | 0.13 | −0.01 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.18 |
| Living arrangements and in-person experiences | ||||||||||||
| Living alone | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.18 | −0.08 | 0.14 | −0.12 | 0.14 | −0.29 | 0.19 | −0.32 | 0.19 |
| Child(ren) in household | −0.11 | 0.16 | −0.10 | 0.16 | −0.17 | 0.14 | −0.16 | 0.15 | −0.39 | 0.22 | −0.40 | 0.22 |
| Going out for any social activity | −0.27 | 0.17 | −0.26 | 0.17 | −0.29∗ | 0.14 | −0.29∗ | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.19 |
| Internet experiences and skills | ||||||||||||
| Frequent Internet use | −0.21 | 0.23 | −0.26 | 0.19 | −0.49∗ | 0.24 | ||||||
| Internet skills | −0.20∗∗ | 0.06 | −0.26∗∗∗ | 0.05 | −0.28∗∗∗ | 0.07 | ||||||
| Worrying about Internet access | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.43∗ | 0.22 | ||||||
| Nagelkerke R2 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Email (N = 2892) |
Social media (N = 2892) |
Online games (N = 2890) |
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| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
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| b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | |
| Intercept | −0.32 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.80 | −0.87 | 0.81 | 0.13 | 0.84 | −1.43∗ | 0.65 | −0.68 | 0.67 |
| Time of data collection | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.36∗∗ | 0.13 | 0.39∗∗ | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||||||||
| Age | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01∗ | 0.00 | 0.02∗∗∗ | 0.00 | 0.02∗∗∗ | 0.00 | 0.03∗∗∗ | 0.00 | 0.02∗∗∗ | 0.00 |
| Female | 0.09 | 0.13 | −0.02 | 0.13 | −0.01 | 0.13 | −0.09 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.10 | −0.01 | 0.10 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| African-American | 0.57∗∗ | 0.17 | 0.62∗∗∗ | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.55∗∗∗ | 0.15 | 0.58∗∗∗ | 0.15 |
| Hispanic | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.44∗∗ | 0.14 | 0.41∗∗ | 0.15 |
| Asian | −0.36 | 0.38 | −0.39 | 0.38 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Native American | −1.05 | 0.73 | −1.05 | 0.73 | −0.55 | 0.61 | −0.63 | 0.61 | −0.05 | 0.40 | −0.06 | 0.40 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Some college | −0.29 | 0.17 | −0.21 | 0.17 | −0.24 | 0.18 | −0.18 | 0.18 | −0.19 | 0.14 | −0.12 | 0.14 |
| Bachelor's degree or more | −0.96∗∗∗ | 0.19 | −0.83∗∗∗ | 0.19 | −0.23 | 0.17 | −0.14 | 0.17 | −0.22 | 0.13 | −0.13 | 0.13 |
| Household income (log) | −0.14 | 0.07 | −0.10 | 0.07 | −0.22∗∗ | 0.08 | −0.17∗ | 0.08 | −0.12∗ | 0.06 | −0.08 | 0.06 |
| Employed | −0.12 | 0.14 | −0.04 | 0.14 | −0.08 | 0.15 | −0.02 | 0.15 | −0.15 | 0.11 | −0.08 | 0.11 |
| Metropolitan status | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.17 | −0.03 | 0.14 | −0.08 | 0.14 |
| Suburban | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.15 | −0.11 | 0.11 | −0.09 | 0.11 |
| Living arrangements and in-person experiences | ||||||||||||
| Living alone | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.18 | −0.10 | 0.16 | −0.12 | 0.16 | −0.10 | 0.13 | −0.15 | 0.13 |
| Child(ren) in household | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.15 | −0.30 | 0.17 | −0.30 | 0.17 | −0.03 | 0.13 | −0.01 | 0.13 |
| Going out for any social activity | −0.21 | 0.16 | −0.19 | 0.16 | −0.13 | 0.16 | −0.15 | 0.16 | −0.23 | 0.13 | −0.25 | 0.13 |
| Internet experiences and skills | ||||||||||||
| Frequent Internet use | −0.26 | 0.21 | −0.65∗∗ | 0.20 | −0.26 | 0.17 | ||||||
| Internet skills | −0.37∗∗∗ | 0.06 | −0.27∗∗∗ | 0.06 | −0.30∗∗∗ | 0.05 | ||||||
| Worrying about Internet access | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.34∗ | 0.14 | ||||||
| Nagelkerke R2 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | ||||||
Note. b = unstandardized logistic regression coefficient; SE = standard error. The reference category for race and ethnicity is “White”, for education level “High school or less”, and for metropolitan status “Urban”. ∗p < .05. ∗∗p < .01. ∗∗∗p < .001.