About this article
Article Category: Research article
Published Online: May 10, 2016
Page range: 202 - 211
Received: Aug 21, 2015
Accepted: Mar 23, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0026
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The frequency of Internet use according to socio-demographic variables.
| How often did you use the Internet in the last 3 months on average? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every day or almost every day | At least once a week (but not every day) | Less than once a week | Total | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | N | ||
| Male | 1690 | 63.1% | 335 | 12.5% | 653 | 24.4% | 2678 | 43.750 |
| Female | 1558 | 56.7% | 297 | 10.8% | 892 | 32.5% | 2747 | (p<0.001) |
| Single, has never been married | 1412 | 79.5% | 152 | 8.6% | 212 | 11.9% | 1776 | 908.125 |
| Married (or has a registered homosexual partnership) | 1556 | 54.5% | 403 | 14.1% | 897 | 31.4% | 2856 | (p<0.001) |
| Widow, not married again | 50 | 12.1% | 26 | 6.3% | 336 | 81.6% | 412 | |
| Divorced, not married again | 163 | 55.6% | 38 | 13.0% | 92 | 31.4% | 293 | |
| Employed | 1856 | 73.8% | 354 | 14.1% | 306 | 12.2% | 2516 | 1.850.238 |
| Self-employed | 208 | 83.9% | 22 | 8.9% | 18 | 7.3% | 248 | (p<0.001) |
| Unemployed | 380 | 66.3% | 70 | 12.2% | 123 | 21.5% | 573 | |
| Student | 373 | 96.6% | 13 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 386 | |
| Retired | 335 | 22.3% | 154 | 10.2% | 1016 | 67.5% | 1505 | |
| Unable to work | 19 | 40.4% | 7 | 14.9% | 21 | 44.7% | 47 | |
| Housewife | 27 | 31.4% | 2 | 2.0% | 57 | 66.3% | 86 | |
| Primary school or less | 268 | 23.3% | 103 | 9.0% | 779 | 67.7% | 1150 | 1.379.089 |
| Secondary school | 1864 | 62.1% | 442 | 14.7% | 697 | 23.2% | 3003 | (p<0.001) |
| University degree or higher | 1107 | 88.3% | 83 | 6.6% | 64 | 5.1% | 1254 | |
The prevalence of problematic Internet use.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-problematic | 5187 | 96.9% |
| Being at risk of problematic use | 165 | 3.1% |
| Total | 5352 | 100.0% |
The frequency of Internet use.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Every day or almost every day | 3247 | 59.9% |
| At least once a week (but not every day) | 633 | 11.7% |
| Less than once a week | 1545 | 28.5% |
| Total | 5425 | 100% |
Multiple regression analysis for problematic Internet use.
| Model | Coefficientsa | Unstandardised Coefficients | Standardised Coefficients | t | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Std. Error | ß | ||||
| 1. | (Constant) | 9.54 | 0.16 | 58.58 | <0.001 | |
| Male gender (0,1) | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 3.41 | 0.001 | |
| Age | -0.06 | 0.003 | -0.34 | -22.02 | <0.001 | |
| Living with partner (0,1) | -0.25 | 0.10 | -0.04 | -2.58 | 0.010 | |
| University degree or higher (0,1) | 1.13 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 10.77 | <0.001 | |
| Student status (0,1) | 1.52 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 8.69 | ||
| <0.001 | ||||||
| Unemployed (0,1) | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 2.12 | 0.034 | |
The sample (N=6029) structure.
| SAMPLE STRUCTURE | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| male | 2956 | 49.0% |
| female | 3073 | 51.0% |
| single | 1877 | 31.8% |
| married or living together | 3147 | 53.3% |
| widow | 556 | 9.4% |
| divorced | 326 | 5.5% |
| employed | 2635 | 44.5% |
| self-employed | 252 | 4.2% |
| unemployed | 623 | 10.5% |
| student | 396 | 6.7% |
| retired | 1861 | 31.4% |
| unable to work | 56 | 0.9% |
| housewife | 101 | 1.7% |
| primary school or less | 1448 | 24.2% |
| secondary school | 3241 | 54.3% |
| university degree or more | 1283 | 21.5% |
| mean | (std.dev.) | |
| male | 47.7 | (17.0) |
| female | 50.6 | (18.7) |
The prevalence of problematic Internet users according to gender, educational level, marital and employment status.
| Problematic internet use | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-problematic | being at risk of problematic use | Total | ||||||||
| n | % | 95% | Cl | n | % | 95% | Cl | N | ||
| 5187 | 96.9% | 96.4% | 97.3% | 165 | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 5352 | ||
| Male | 2541 | 96.4% | 95.6% | 97.0% | 95 | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.4% | 2636 | 4.719 |
| Female | 2646 | 97.4% | 96.8% | 98.0% | 70 | 2.6% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 2716 | (0.030) |
| Primary school or less | 1130 | 98.9% | 98.1% | 99.3% | 13 | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1143 | 22.558 |
| Secondary school | 2860 | 96.7% | 96.0% | 97.3% | 97 | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 2957 | (p<0.001) |
| University deg. or more | 1180 | 95.5% | 94.2% | 96.6% | 55 | 4.5% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 1235 | |
| Single, Have never been married | 1638 | 93.5% | 92.2% | 94.6% | 114 | 6.5% | 5.4% | 7.8% | 1752 | 105.381 |
| Married (also registered homos. par.) | 2770 | 98.4% | 97.8% | 98.8% | 46 | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 2816 | (p<0.001) |
| Widow(er), not married again | 411 | 100.0% | 99.1% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 411 | |
| Divorced, not married again | 288 | 99.0% | 97.0% | 99.6% | 3 | 1.0% | 0.4% | 3.0% | 291 | |
| Employed | 2422 | 97.6% | 96.9% | 98.1% | 60 | 2.4% | 1.9% | 3.1% | 2482 | 168.639 |
| Self-employed | 233 | 96.3% | 93.1% | 98.0% | 9 | 3.7% | 2.0% | 6.9% | 242 | (p<0.001) |
| Unemployed | 531 | 93.7% | 91.3% | 95.4% | 36 | 6.3% | 4.6% | 8.7% | 567 | |
| Student | 329 | 88.0% | 84.3% | 90.9% | 45 | 12.0% | 9.1% | 15.7% | 374 | |
| Retired | 1492 | 99.6% | 99.1% | 99.8% | 6 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1498 | |
| Unable to work | 42 | 91.3% | 79.7% | 96.6% | 4 | 8.7% | 3.4% | 20.3% | 46 | |
| Housewife | 84 | 98.8% | 93.6% | 99.8% | 1 | 1.2% | 0.2% | 6.4% | 85 | |