TABLE 3.

Loneliness regressed on Internet use (β).

	Model 3a	Model 3b	Model 4a	Model 4b
Interpersonal communication	−0.054*	−0.049*
Information acquisition			−0.057*	−0.062**
Age	0.076**	0.081**	0.078**	0.082**
Male	0.022	0.022	0.014	0.014
Married	−0.087***	−0.080**	−0.086***	−0.078**
Living with children	0.024	0.028	0.03	0.035
Secondary education or above	−0.060*	−0.060*	−0.066**	−0.065*
Self-rated healthy	−0.170***	−0.168***	–0.164	–0.162
Rural	−0.072**	−0.077**	−0.059*	−0.067**
Family ties (0–15)		−0.093**		−0.094**
Friendship ties (0–15)		0.028		0.017
R 2	0.067	0.072	0.067	0.074
N	1863	1863	1863	1863

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.