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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample population (N = 466)

From: Association between problematic social media use and memory performance in a sample of Lebanese adults: the mediating effect of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia

 

Frequency

Percentage

Gender

 Male

176

38.2%

 Female

285

61.8%

Education level

 Illiterate

8

1.8%

 Primary

17

3.7%

 Complementary

32

7.0%

 Secondary

95

20.8%

 University

304

66.7%

Monthly income

  < 1000 $

266

61.4%

 1000–2000 $

122

28.2%

  > 2000 $

45

10.4%

Marital status

 Single

309

68.1%

 Married

140

30.8%

 Widowed

3

0.7%

 Divorced

2

0.4%

Kind of device mostly used on social media

 Laptop

22

5.2%

 Cellular

394

92.9%

 PC

3

0.7%

 Tablet

5

1.2%

Smoking

  

 Yes

89

19.4%

 No

370

80.6%

 

Mean

SD

Age (in years)

27.29

11.46

Number of kids

0.76

1.55

Number of hours spent on social media per day

6.22

4.92