Internet Addiction Phenomenon in Early Adolescents in Hong Kong

Table 1

Descriptive statistics about participants.

Categorical variables	n	%
Gender
Male	1,864	52.1%
Female	1,716	47.9%
Place of birth
Hong Kong	2,806	78.6%
Mainland China	690	19.3%
Others	73	2.0%
Parental marital status
First marriage	2,985	82.7%
Divorced	256	7.1%
Separated	78	2.2%
Remarried	168	4.7%
Others (not first marriage)	122	3.4%
Family economic status
Receiving CSSA	208	5.8%
Not receiving CSSA	2,932	81.2%
Others (don’t know)	472	13.1%
Continuous variables	Mean	SD	Range	Cronbach’s α
Age	13.64	0.75	10–17	—
NET-Wave 1	1.23	0.24	1-2	0.79
NET-Wave 2	1.24	0.25	1-2	0.80

Notes. CSSA: Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.
NET-Wave 1: Internet Addiction Test scale score at wave 1.
NET-Wave 2: Internet Addiction Test scale score at wave 2.