Association of Social Media Use with Family Connectedness and Parental Monitoring: A Survey Study of Young Adults in Pakistan

Table 2

Social media use with parents.

Characteristics	(%)		value
	Male	Female
Connect with parents using social media			0.04
Yes	152 (59.14)	113 (69.33)
No	105 (40.86)	50 (30.67)
Reasons for not using social media to connect with parents
Parents do not have smart phones	26 (16.67)
Parents do not use social media	95 (60.9)
I do not want to	28 (17.95)
I like connecting with only my friends	28 (17.95)
I like my privacy	42 (26.92)
Social media platforms to connect with parents
Facebook			0.83
Never or rarely	74 (48.68)	51 (45.13)
Sometimes	43 (28.29)	33 (29.2)
Very often or all the time	35 (23.03)	29 (25.66)
YouTube			0.84
Never or rarely	83 (54.97)	58 (51.33)
Sometimes	29 (19.21)	24 (21.24)
Very often or all the time	39 (25.83)	31 (27.43)
WhatsApp			0.95
Never or rarely	13 (8.55)	9 (7.96)
Sometimes	30 (19.74)	24 (21.24)
Very often or all the time	109 (71.71)	80 (70.80)
Instagram			0.07
Never or rarely	109 (71.71)	69 (61.06)
Sometimes	23 (15.13)	17 (15.04)
Very often or all the time	20 (13.16)	27 (23.89)
Snapchat			0.004
Never or rarely	133 (87.5)	83 (73.45)
Sometimes	10 (6.58)	9 (7.96)
Very often or all the time	9 (5.92)	21 (18.58)
Do parents monitor device use?			0.13
Yes	43 (16.73)	37 (22.7)
No	214 (83.27)	126 (77.3)