Table 4.

Table of the percentage of times each descriptor was selected for describing others' 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 Q2	Overall	Male	Female	Age: 13-15	Age: 16-17	Age: 18-19
Essential	16%	15%	16%	14%	16%	15%
Distractive	14%	14%	15%	13%	14%	15%
Addictive	14%	13%	15%	13%	15%	15%
It’s just a tool	13%	13%	13%	16%	13%	13%
Private	9%	9%	8%	8%	9%	8%
Provides an escape	8%	9%	7%	7%	7%	9%
Creates Barrier	7%	6%	7%	5%	8%	5%
Empowering	5%	6%	4%	7%	4%	5%
Enabler	5%	5%	5%	6%	6%	4%
Overwhelming	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%
Emotional	3%	4%	3%	4%	3%	4%
Hurtful	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%
Other	2%	1%	1%	5%	1%	2%