Table 3.

Table of the percentage of times each descriptor was selected for describing adolescents’ own relationship with technology. Sorted in descending order of overall percentages. Absolute values are not provided as percentages have been adjusted by weighting. Participants were asked to choose 3 choices to describe their own relationship with technology; the values are normalized to sum up to 100%.

Descriptors in Q1	Overall	Male	Female	Age 13-15	Age 16-17	Age 18-19
Distractive	17%	14%	20%	14%	18%	17%
Essential	17%	17%	17%	14%	18%	18%
Provides an escape	16%	15%	17%	19%	16%	15%
Addictive	14%	13%	15%	14%	14%	14%
Private	8%	8%	8%	10%	8%	7%
It's just a tool	8%	11%	5%	8%	7%	9%
Empowering	7%	8%	6%	6%	6%	7%
Enabler	5%	7%	3%	2%	5%	5%
Other	4%	5%	2%	11%	2%	4%
Overwhelming	3%	2%	4%	4%	3%	4%
Emotional	3%	3%	3%	4%	3%	2%
Creates barrier	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Hurtful	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%