Table 2.
Lasso coefficients for demographics and interaction terms
| Internet activity | All (n= 1749) |
18 ≤ Age ≤ 25 (n = 1042) |
26 ≤ Age ≤ 55 (n = 592) |
Age > 55 (n= 115) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Gender x any Internet Activity | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Age x General Surfing | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Internet Gaming | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x RPG | 0.330 | - | - | - |
| Age x Time Wasters | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Action Multiplayer | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Shopping | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Gambling | 0.150 | - | - | - |
| Age x Auction Websites | 0.350 | - | - | - |
| Age x Social Networking | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Sports | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Pornography | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Messaging | 0.000 | - | - | - |
| Age x Streaming media | 0.350 | - | - | - |
Lasso - least absolute shrinkage and selection operator; RPG - Role Playing games; Demographic variables are: Age, Gender, Race, Education, Relationship status and Sexual Orientation