Category | Variables and response categories | Men N = 1458 | Women N = 2705 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Computer use (CU) | |||||
Low | <2 hours per day | 382 | 26 | 993 | 37 |
Medium | 2–4 hours per day | 505 | 35 | 950 | 35 |
High | >4 hours per day | 564 | 39 | 748 | 28 |
Email/chat use | |||||
Low | Not at all | 120 | 8 | 162 | 6 |
<1 hour per day | 906 | 62 | 1732 | 64 | |
Medium | 1–2 hours per day | 277 | 19 | 558 | 21 |
High | >2 hours per day | 151 | 10 | 236 | 9 |
Computer gaming | |||||
Low | Not at all | 655 | 45 | 2050 | 76 |
<1 hour per day | 427 | 29 | 468 | 17 | |
Medium | 1–2 hours per day | 204 | 14 | 114 | 4 |
High | >2 hours per day | 168 | 12 | 61 | 2 |
CU without breaks | |||||
Low | Never | 202 | 14 | 565 | 21 |
Only occasionally | 314 | 22 | 832 | 31 | |
Medium | A few times per month | 247 | 17 | 526 | 20 |
A few times per week | 324 | 22 | 445 | 17 | |
High | Almost every day | 366 | 25 | 323 | 12 |
CU causing lost sleep | |||||
Low | Never | 410 | 28 | 1128 | 42 |
Only occasionally | 490 | 34 | 920 | 34 | |
Medium | A few times per month | 316 | 22 | 393 | 15 |
High | A few times per week | 181 | 12 | 206 | 8 |
Almost every day | 57 | 4 | 46 | 2 | |
Mobile phone use | |||||
Low | 0–5 calls + 0–5 SMSs per day | 804 | 55 | 1433 | 53 |
Medium | 0–5 calls + 6–10 SMSs, or vice versa | 326 | 22 | 616 | 23 |
High | >11 calls and/or >11 SMSs, or | 323 | 22 | 645 | 24 |
6–10 calls + 6–10 SMSs per day |