Table 2 Characteristics of users and non-users of social media after the death by suicide of their relative
From: The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey
Characteristics | Users of social media | (n = 247) | Non-users of social media | (n = 145) | Test value* | DF | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | p | ||||
Age (mean– S.D.) | 45.64 | (SD = 12.2) | 45.69 (13.5) | 0.04 | 397 | 0.97 | ||
Gender (female) | 224 | 90.7 | 130 | 84.4 | 3.60 | 1 | 0.057 | |
Status of the deceased | 20.87 | 4 | < 0.001 | |||||
Child | 100 | 40.5 | 33 | 21.4 | ||||
Sibling | 30 | 12.1 | 26 | 16.9 | ||||
Partner | 37 | 15.0 | 22 | 14.3 | ||||
Parent | 24 | 9.7 | 32 | 20.8 | ||||
Other | 56 | 22.7 | 41 | 26.6 | ||||
Duration of bereavement | 28.93 | 1 | < 0.001 | |||||
< 3 years | 150 | 60.7 | 51 | 33.1 | ||||
> 3 years | 97 | 39.3 | 103 | 68.9 | ||||
Counseling (yes) | 168 | 68.0 | 86 | 55.8 | 6.05 | 1 | 0.0139 | |
Current use of social media | 24.24 | 2 | < 0.001 | |||||
Daily | 205 | 83.33 | 103 | 68.2 | ||||
Weekly | 30 | 12.2 | 18 | 11.9 | ||||
Occasionally | 11 | 4.5 | 30 | 19.9 | ||||
Digital resources used** | ||||||||
Computer | 113 | 45.7 | 27 | 17.5 | 33.24 | 1 | < 0.001 | |
Phone | 219 | 88.7 | 41 | 26.6 | 160.15 | 1 | < 0.001 | |
Tablet | 32 | 13.0 | 8 | 5. | - | |||
Other | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.6 | - |