Internet Addiction and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students in Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 4

Internet addiction and its association with sociodemographic characteristics.

Variables	Internet addiction		x^2	value
	Average user n (%)	Possible addict n (%)
Age
<20	77 (77.0)	23 (23.0)	3.239	0.072
≥20	164 (67.2)	80 (32.8)
Gender
Male	109 (68.6)	50 (31.4)	0.319	0.572
Female	132 (71.4)	53 (28.6)
Marital Status
Married	12 (85.7)	2 (14.3)	1.75	0.192
Unmarried	229 (69.4)	101 (30.6)
Type of family
Nuclear	146 (67.0)	72 (33.0)	2.701	0.100
Joint/extended	95 (75.4)	31 (24.6)
Fathers’ education status
Higher education	112 (74.7)	38 (25.3)	2.693	0.101
Basic education	129 (66.5)	65 (33.5)
Mothers’ education status
Higher education	135 (70.7)	56 (29.3)	0.079	0.778
Basic education	106 (69.3)	47 (30.7)
Family economic status
Low	13 (76.5)	4 (23.5)	3.280	0.194
Middle	213 (68.7)	97 (31.3)
High	15 (88.2)	2 (11.8)