Table 4.
Association between subjective socioeconomic status and mean level of negative experiences on social media, I) negative acts and exclusion and II) unwanted attention from others.
| Crude | Adjusted for age, gender, country of birth, and type of study | Fully adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Beta (95% CI) | p-value | Beta (95% CI) | p-value | Beta (95% CI) | p-value |
| I) Negative acts and exclusion | ||||||
| Low SES (0–4) |
0.33 (0.19–0.48) |
<0.001 |
0.31 (0.16–0.46) |
<0.001 |
0.29 (0.15–0.44) |
<0.001 |
| Medium SES (5–7) |
0.09 (0.02–0.16) |
0.012 |
0.08 (0.01–0.15) |
0.035 |
0.08 (0.01–0.15) |
0.030 |
| High SES (8–10) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
| II) Unwanted attention from others | ||||||
| Low SES (0–4) |
0.32 (0.18–0.47) |
<0.001 |
0.20 (0.06–0.34) |
0.005 |
0.18 (0.04–0.32) |
0.012 |
| Medium SES (5–7) |
0.10 (0.03–0.17) |
0.005 | 0.04 (−0.03–0.10) |
0.321 | 0.04 (−0.03–0.11) |
0.281 |
| High SES (8–10) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
Dependent variables entered as Z-scored continuous variables. N = 3,415.
95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval; SES, Socioeconomic status. Bold indicates significant estimates.
Fully adjusted: adjusted for age, gender, country of birth, type of study, frequency of social media use, and daily duration of social media use.
Multiple-imputation estimates based on multilevel regression models accounting for the clustering (school and grade level) of data.