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Table 2 Participant characteristics and social media use for the whole sample and split by COVID category

From: Social media use informing behaviours related to physical activity, diet and quality of life during COVID-19: a mixed methods study

 

All

SI

W

H

n

786

62

190

527

Percentage of sample

 

8

24

67

Mean (SD) Age (years)

45 (19)

58 (21)

41 (15)

45 (20)

Gender – n (%)

 Female

531 (68)

42 (68)

114 (60)

373 (71)

 Male

235 (30)

16 (26)

71 (37)

144 (27)

 other

3 (0.3)

0

0

3 (1)

 Unknown

17 (2)

4 (6)

4 (2)

7 (1)

Ethnicity – n (%)

 White British

592 (75)

52 (84)

132 (70)

407 (77)

 Other White

104 (13)

7 (11)

36 (19)

58 (11)

 Other

75 (10)

1 (2)

18 (9)

54 (10)

 Unknown

15 (2)

2 (3)

4 (2)

8 (2)

Country – n (%)

 UK

597 (76)

52 (84)

119 (63)

425 (81)

 Other

98 (12)

3 (5)

39 (21)

53 (10)

 Unknown

91 (12)

7 (11)

32 (17)

49 (9)

 Mean (SD) IMD (UK only)

6.3 (2.6)

6.1 (2.8)

64 (2.7)

6.3 (2.5)

Time on Social Media

 Decrease

62 (8)

4 (7)

12 (6)

45 (9)

 No Change

157 (20)

5 (8)

34 (18)

117 (22)

 Increase

563 (72)

53 (86)

141 (74)

364 (69)

 Missing

4 (1)

 

3 (2)

1 (0.2)

During Lockdown

  < 1 h

111 (14)

13 (21)

16 (8)

82 (16)

 1–2 h

233 (30)

20 (32)

65 (34)

148 (28)

 2–4 h

209 (27)

14 (23)

55 (29)

137 (26)

 4–5 h

105 (13)

7 (11)

26 (14)

70 (13)

 ≥ 5 h

113 (14)

7 (11)

22 (12)

83 (16)

 Missing

15 (2)

1 (2)

6 (3)

7 (1)

Social Media Sitea

 Facebook

548 (70)

39 (62)

143 (75)

361 (69)

 Twitter

278 (35)

11 (18)

71 (37)

195 (37)

 YouTube

422 (54)

33 (53)

102 (54)

282 (54)

 WhatsApp

590 (75)

45 (73)

138 (73)

401 (76)

 Instagram

379 (48)

17 (27)

106 (56)

252 (48)

  1. Note: a – participants could select more than 1 option; Self Isolating (SI), Leaving home to work (W), Working or Studying from Home (H); Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD); United Kingdom (UK)