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Table 2 Demographics and use characteristics of behavior disorders

From: Prevalence and co-occurrence of compulsive buying, problematic Internet and mobile phone use in college students in Yantai, China: relevance of self-traits

		CB			PIU			PMPU
		Yes	No	χ²	Yes	No	χ²	Yes	No	χ²
Gender	Male	18	264		82	200		25	257
Gender	Female	18	301	0.15	85	234	0.44	29	290	0.01
Family background	City	20	220		72	168		24	216
Family background	Rural	16	345	3.90^*	95	266	0.98	30	331	0.50
Only child or not	Yes	10	200		61	149		23	187
Only child or not	No	26	365	0.87	106	285	0.26	31	360	1.53
TPD	<1 h	2	114		8	39		1	28
	1–2	15	302		20	83		1	84
	2–3	9	121		32	124		9	135
	3–4	6	20		30	72		5	103
	>4 h	4	8	34.3^***	77	116	24.7^***	38	197	26.1^***
UH	<3y	_	_		21	101		3	17
	3–5y	_	_		51	112		5	109
	5–10y	_	_		74	175		21	251
	>10y	_	_	_	21	46	8.70^*	25	170	7.90^*
Means	Retail store	15	211		_	_		_	_
	Computer	1	16		42	157		_	_
	Mobile phone	20	338	0.27	125	277	6.60^*	_	_	_

Note: TPD time spent per day, UH use history
^*p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.001

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