Age | Smartphone use frequency | Normal internet users, n (%) (N = 173) | Problematic internet users, n (%) (N = 58) | p (Fisher’s exact test) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total (N = 231) | I don’t use it at all | 48 (27.7) | 13 (22.4) | <0.001** |
I hardly use it | 8 (4.6) | 1 (1.7) | ||
I sometimes use it | 21 (12.1) | 0 | ||
I often use it | 40 (23.1) | 2 (3.4) | ||
I use it really often | 56 (32.4) | 42 (72.4) | ||
20–29 (N = 49) | I don’t use it at all | 2 (7.7) | 2 (8.7) | 0.016* |
I hardly use it | 1 (3.8) | 0 | ||
I sometimes use it | 2 (7.7) | 0 | ||
I often use it | 8 (30.8) | 1 (4.3) | ||
I use it really often | 13 (50.0) | 20 (87.0) | ||
30–39 (N = 51) | I don’t use it at all | 5 (13.5) | 3 (21.4) | 0.12 |
I hardly use it | 3 (8.1) | 0 | ||
I sometimes use it | 2 (5.4) | 0 | ||
I often use it | 9 (24.3) | 0 | ||
I use it really often | 18 (48.6) | 11 (78.6) | ||
40–49 (N = 72) | I don’t use it at all | 20 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | 0.14 |
I hardly use it | 3 (5.0) | 0 | ||
I sometimes use it | 11 (18.3) | 0 | ||
I often use it | 12 (20.0) | 1 (8.3) | ||
I use it really often | 14 (23.3) | 7 (58.3) | ||
50–59 (N = 35) | I don’t use it at all | 7 (24.1) | 2 (33.3) | 0.29 |
I hardly use it | 1 (3.4) | 1 (16.7) | ||
I sometimes use it | 3 (10.3) | 0 | ||
I often use it | 9 (31.0) | 0 | ||
I use it really often | 9 (31.0) | 3 (50.0) | ||
60–69 (N = 19) | I don’t use it at all | 9 (56.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1.00 |
I hardly use it | 0 | 0 | ||
I sometimes use it | 3 (18.8) | 0 | ||
I often use it | 2 (12.5) | 0 | ||
I use it really often | 2 (12.5) | 1 (33.3) | ||
70 < (N = 5) | I don’t use it at all | 5 (100.0) | 0 | 1.00 |
I hardly use it | 0 | 0 | ||
I sometimes use it | 0 | 0 | ||
I often use it | 0 | 0 | ||
I use it really often | 0 | 0 |