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. 2022 Feb 18;19(4):2337. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042337

Table 2.

Associations of time spent using technology with academic performance and school connectedness among adolescent females and males.

Academic Performance School Connectedness
Females
(n = 2802)
Males
(n = 2035)
Females
(n = 2802)
Males
(n = 2035)
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Model 1
Technology use
2 h or less 1 1 1 1
3 to 4 h 0.71 0.52 0.95 1.09 0.85–1.40 1.00 0.82–1.23 1.10 0.85–1.43
5 h or more 0.44 0.33–0.59 0.67 0.51–0.89 0.70 0.56–0.88 0.64 0.50–0.82
Model 2
Technology use
2 h or less 1 1 1 1
3 to 4 h 0.69 0.52–0.91 1.13 0.88–1.45 1.00 0.81–1.23 1.11 0.85–1.45
5 h or more 0.46 0.34–0.61 0.73 0.55–0.98 0.75 0.60–0.93 0.72 0.56–0.92

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for age, ethnoracial background, subjective socioeconomic status, tobacco cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and cannabis use. Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05.