Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Relation between Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and sociodemographic data

From: Prevalence of insomnia in a sample of Internet addicts in different age groups in Abu Dhabi, UAE

	Internet Addiction Test		P value
	Median (range)	Statistical values	P value
Total sample	29 (0–98)
Age
18–29	35 (2–78)
30–39	29 (0–98)	KW = 12.968	0.005^#
40–49	25 (0–72)
50 or more	19 (0–63)
Sex
Male	38 (0–77)	Z = − 4.486	0.000*
Female	27 (0–98)
Marital status
Married	27 (0–76)	Z = − 2.015	0.044*
Unmarried	33 (0–98)
Educational level
Less than university	34 (0–71)	Z = − 1.865	0.062*
University level	28 (0–98)
Occupation
Governmental	37.5 (1–98)
Private	24 (0–76)	KW = 35.075	0.000^#
Unemployed	39 (4–78)
Residency
Urban	31.5 (0–98)	Z = − 2.315	0.021*
Rural	25.5 (0–95)

Z Z value, KW Kruskal–Wallis value
^*Mann–Whitney test
^#Kruskal–Wallis test

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