Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK

Table 1 Social Media Interaction, Well-being and Socio-Demographic Variable Descriptives for 10-15 Year Old UK Young People by Gender^a

	Females							Males
	Total	10 year olds	11 year olds	12 year olds	13 year olds	14 year olds	15 year olds	Total	10 year olds	11 year olds	12 year olds	13 year olds	14 year olds	15 year olds
	(N = 4869)	n = 1664	n = 1794	n = 1841	n = 1853	n = 1884	n = 1847	N = 4990	n = 1711	n = 1824	n = 1907	n = 1938	n = 1861	n = 1750
Social media interaction
Do not have a profile/internet access	23	50	38	23	13	10	8	28	55	43	30	17	13	10
Less than 1 h per day	38	39	41	42	37	34	33	45	36	43	48	51	48	44
1-3 h per day	30	10	18	29	37	39	43	22	7	12	19	26	31	36
4 or more hours per day	10	1	3	7	13	17	16	5	2	2	2	6	8	10
Mother’s marital status (% partnered)	76	80	76	75	76	76	76	78	79	79	78	77	77	77
Father’s marital status (% partnered)	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	98	97	97	97	96	97
Highest parental qualification
No qualification	13	11	12	13	14	14	15	13	13	12	12	13	13	14
Other qualification^b	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	11	12	13	14	13	15
GCSE^c	29	28	30	30	29	29	28	29	30	30	29	28	29	28
A-level^d	17	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	17	19	19	17	18	17
Other higher qualificaiton^e	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Degree	16	18	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Ethnicity
White British	74							74
Black African/Caribbean	6							5
Asian	11							12
Other	4							4
Mixed	5							5
Mean log household income	7.14 (0.43)							7.14 (0.43)
Happiness scale	35.03 (5.14)	36.94 (4.32)	36.62 (4.42)	35.61 (4.88)	34.38 (5.17)	33.56 (5.47)	33.33 (5.24)	35.27 (4.83)	36.02 (4.63)	35.87 (4.71)	35.53 (4.73)	35.04 (4.85)	34.67 (5.04)	34.55 (4.84)
SDQ total difficulties	10.61 (5.60)	11.30 (5.74)	9.83 (5.42)	10.33 (5.61)	10.62 (5.59)	11.35 (5.83)	11.15 (5.28)	10.65 (5.69)	11.51 (5.89)	11.05 (6.03)	10.59 (5.66)	10.40 (5.63)	10.16 (5.37)	10.25 (5.43)

Abbreviation: GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; UK, United Kingdom
^aSocial media Interaction, parental marital status, parental qualification and parental ethnicity are percentages; Mean log household income, happiness and SDQ total difficulties are means and standard deviations
^bOther qualifications include CSE, skills certifications, apprenticeships, clerical qualifications, etc.;
^cGCSE = exams taken at age 16 (year 11)
^dA Level exam taken at age 18 (year 13)
^eExamples of other higher qualifications are teaching, nursing or diploma certifications /qualifications

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