Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population

Table 1

The participants’ characteristics by social media addiction.

		SMA (%)	value
Gender	Male	196 (23.8)	0.52
	Female	216 (22.5)
Age	≤18 y	143 (26.3)	<0.001
	18–35 y	224 (26.2)
	>35 y	45 (11.7)
Job	Housewife or retired	85 (18.2)	<0.001
	Employee (in public or private sectors)	146 (22.2)
	Student	172 (28.3)
Level of education	Academic education	154 (22.7)	0.77
	Diploma	120 (22.6)
	High school and lower education	138 (24.3)
Marital status	Single	258 (28.0)	<0.001
	Married	159 (18.2)
Family size	Mean ± SD	4.3 ± 1.53	0.14
Residence	Urban area	351 (22.4)
	Rural area	57 (29.0)	0.03