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Influence of sociodemographic and social variables on the relationship between formal years of education and time spent on the internet

dc.contributor.authorLeite, Ângela Maria Teixeira
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, Ângela Sá
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Anabela
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-15T15:52:18Z
dc.date.available2024-07-15T15:52:18Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-07
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to validate the impact of sociodemographic factors and differentiate the influence of social variables on the correlation between the number of years of formal education an individual has and the time they allocate to internet usage. To achieve this, we utilized a publicly available database, extracting relevant indicators for our investigation. Subsequently, we conducted analyses involving associations, regressions, and moderations among the variables under scrutiny. The results revealed statistically significant variations in daily internet usage time across different countries, residences, age groups, educational levels, and marital statuses. Factors such as living in an urban or suburban environment, being in the youth demographic, possessing a higher education, maintaining single status, having an extensive social network, holding a negative perception of health, lacking home internet access but having access at work and on the go, along with the facilitation of online communication and remote work, collectively explain the variance in daily internet usage time. The relationship between the number of years of education and the duration of internet usage is moderated by sociodemographic variables (gender, age, and marital status) as well as social variables (locations of internet usage and social contacts). These findings enable us to identify a user profile at a higher risk of developing problematic behavior in relation to internet usage, as indicated by the time invested.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/soc14070114pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85199594197
dc.identifier.issn2075-4698
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/45775
dc.identifier.wos001277653400001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectFormal years of educationpt_PT
dc.subjectSocial variablespt_PT
dc.subjectSociodemographic variablespt_PT
dc.subjectTime spend on the internetpt_PT
dc.titleInfluence of sociodemographic and social variables on the relationship between formal years of education and time spent on the internetpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue7pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSocietiespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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