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Table 3 Relationship between Internet addiction and sociodemographic features of female students at Jouf University, SA, 2017

From: Prevalence of Internet addiction and its associated factors among female students at Jouf University, Saudi Arabia

 

Degree of Internet addiction

p value

Normal (n = 180)

Moderate/severe (n = 190)

No.

Percent

No.

Percent

Age (years)

0.440

 ≤ 20 years

79

43.9

91

47.9

 > 20 years

101

56.1

99

52.1

Type of college

0.071

 Scientific

126

70.0

116

61.1

 Theoretical

54

30.0

74

38.9

Marital status

0.809

 Single

147

81.7

157

82.6

 Married

33

18.3

33

17.4

Father education

 

 Illiterate/read and write

51

28.3

20

10.5

0.000*

 Basic education

22

12.2

19

10.0

 Secondary

46

25.6

48

25.3

 University or more

61

33.9

103

54.2

Mother education

0.917

 Illiterate/read and write

45

25.0

47

24.7

 Basic education

28

15.6

34

17.9

 Secondary

29

16.1

32

16.8

 University or more

78

43.3

77

40.5

Living arrangement

0.069

 Living with family

171

95.0

171

90.0

 University housing

9

5.0

19

10.0

No. of sleeping hours

0.000*

 6 h or less

46

25.6

96

50.5

 7–8 h

90

50.0

65

34.2

 9 h or more

44

24.4

29

15.3

Family income

0.376

 < 5000 RS

35

19.4

42

22.1

 5000–10,000 RS

56

31.1

53

27.9

 10,001–15,000 RS

32

17.8

45

23.7

 > 15,000 RS

57

31.7

50

26.3

  1. p value was calculated using the chi-square test
  2. *Significant at p <0.05