Effect of Social Networking Sites on the Quality of Life of College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study from a City in North India

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of social networking sites users among college-going adolescents of Chandigarh.

Characteristics		Total users	Daily users	Nondaily users	value
Gender	Male	96	63 (65.6)	33 (34.4)	0.2
	Female	118	69 (58.65)	49 (41.5)
Family structure	Joint	42	28 (66.7)	14 (33.3)	0.46
	Nuclear	172	104 (60.5)	68 (39.5)
Education	Engineering and science	84	51 (60.7)	33 (39.3)	0.82
	Arts and humanities	130	81 (62.3)	49 (37.7)
Religion	Hindu	173	106 (61.3)	67 (38.7)	0.90
	Sikh	34	22 (64.7)	12 (35.5)
	Others	7	4 (57.1)	3 (42.9)
Pocket money	<500	27	10 (37)	17 (63)	0.003
	501–2500	90	50 (55.6)	36 (41.9)
	>2501	103	72 (69.9)	29 (28.7)
Other sources of income	Yes	13	8 (61.5)	5 (38.5)	1
	No	201	124 (61.7)	77 (38.3)
Who they live with	Alone	62	43 (69.4)	19 (30.6)	0.14
	With parents	152	89 (58.6)	63 (41.4)
No. of family members	1–5	186	114 (61.3)	72 (38.7)	0.76
	>5	28	18 (64.3)	11 (35.7)
Do they have siblings	Yes	173	102 (59)	71 (41)	0.09
	No	41	30 (73)	11 (26.8)
Peer group (friends)	Yes	203	127 (62.6)	76 (37.4)	0.26
	No	11	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)