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. 2022 Dec 2;6(12):e37609. doi: 10.2196/37609

Table 1.

Study sample demographics.


Total sample Facebook Reddit
Gender (total sample: n=122; Facebook: n=34; Reddit: n=88), n (%)

Cisgender woman 36 (29.5) 8 (23.5) 28 (31.8)

Cisgender man 72 (59) 22 (64.7) 50 (56.8)

Transgender woman 5 (4.1) 0 (0) 5 (5.7)

Transgender man 3 (2.5) 2 (5.9) 1 (1.1)

Nonbinary 5 (4.1) 2 (5.9) 3 (3.4)

Other 1 (0.8) 0 (0) 1 (1.1)
Age (years), median (IQR) 21 (20-23) 21 (20-23) 22 (21-23)
Age (years; total sample: N=131; Facebook: n=37; Reddit: n=94), n (%)

18-19 23 (17.6) 12 (32.4) 11 (11.7)

20-21 44 (33.6) 10 (27) 34 (36.2)

22-24 64 (48.9) 15 (40.5) 49 (52.1)
Race and ethnicitya (total sample: N=131; Facebook: n=37; Reddit: n=94), n (%)

Latinx or Hispanic 26 (19.8) 11 (29.7) 15 (16)

American Indian 8 (6.1) 0 (0) 8 (8.5)

Asian 27 (20.6) 6 (16.2) 21 (22.3)

Black or African American 23 (17.6) 6 (16.2) 17 (18.1)

Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian 8 (6.1) 2 (5.4) 6 (6.4)

White 49 (37.4) 12 (32.4) 37 (39.5)

Other 2 (1.5) 1 (2.7) 1 (1.1)

Declined to answer 3 (2.3) 1 (2.7) 2 (2.1)
Marital status (total sample: n=121; Facebook: n=33; Reddit: n=88), n (%)

Single 94 (77.7) 25 (75.8) 69 (78.4)

Married 6 (5) 1 (3) 5 (5.7)

Separated or divorced 7 (5.8) 2 (6.1) 5 (5.7)

Living with partner 13 (10.7) 5 (15.2) 8 (9.1)

Widow or widower 1 (0.8) 0 (0) 1 (1.1)

aPercentages do not add to 100 because participants were allowed to select more than one option.