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Table 1 Sociodemographic sample characteristics
From: Mental health related Internet use among psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional analysis
| Entire sample (n = 337) | Low internet use (n = 78) | Medium internet use (n = 88) | High internet use (n = 85) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age mean (±SD) | 46.0 (±16.3) | 49.2 (±13.4) | 40.9 (±13.7) | 35.2 (±13.7) | |
| Gender % | |||||
| Female | 57.3 | 66.7 | 51.1 | 52.9 | |
| Male | 42.7 | 33.3 | 48.9 | 47.1 | |
| Marital Status % | |||||
| Unwed | 43.0 | 30.8 | 47.7 | 63.5 | |
| Married/living with partner | 32.3 | 33.3 | 38.6 | 21.2 | |
| Divorced/seperated | 20.5 | 32.1 | 13.6 | 14.1 | |
| Widowed | 4.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | |
| Educational level % | |||||
| No school degree | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Mandatory school | 55.4 | 61.0 | 45.9 | 47.1 | |
| High school | 17.8 | 11.7 | 23.5 | 30.6 | |
| University degree | 25.6 | 27.3 | 29.4 | 21.2 | |
| Occupation % | |||||
| Unemployed | 17.2 | 18.7 | 21.2 | 21 | |
| Apprentice/trainee | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | |
| University student | 6.2 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 17.3 | |
| Employee | 22.8 | 32.0 | 25.9 | 27.2 | |
| Self-employed | 4.6 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 3.7 | |
| Housewife/househusband | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 | |
| Retiree | 37.2 | 32.0 | 24.7 | 14.8 | |
| Other | 7.1 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 8.6 | |
