Table 1 Demograpic parameteres and their relation to internet addiction in the study population (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001)

Sex (X² (1) = 2.094)

males

595 (50.9%)

538 (51.7%)

57 (44.9%)

females

573 (49.1%)

503 (48.3%)

70 (55.1%)*

Age (X² (7) = 8.293)

9–10

51 (4.3%)

46 (4.4%)

5 (3.9%)

11–12

511 (43.8%)

442 (42.5%)

69 (54.3%)*

13–14

562 (48.1%)

513 (49.3%)

49 (38.7%)

15–16

44 (3.8%)

40 (3.8%)

4 (3.1%)

Place of stay (X² (5) = 7.904)

capital

174 (14.9%)

151 (14.5%)

23 (18.1%)

big town/city

155 (13.3%)

147 (14.1%)

8 (6.3%)

small town

492 (42.1%)

440 (42.3%)

52 (40.9%)

large village

293 (25.1%)

257 (24.7%)

36 (28.4%)

small village

54 (4.6%)

46 (4.4%)

8 (6.3%)*

Type of residence (X² (3) = 0.249)

farm

59 (5.1%)

52 (5.1%)

7 (5.5%)

flat

276 (23.6%)

247 (23.7%)

29 (22.8%)

house

833 (71.3%)

742 (71.3%)

91 (71.7%)

Family type (main caregiver) (X² (5) = 0.559)

two parents

911 (78%)

811 (77.9%)

100 (78.7%)

single parent

178 (15.2%)

158 (15.2%)

20 (15.7%)

grandparents

13 (1.1%)

11 (1.1%)

2 (1.6%)

foster parents

9 (0.8%)

8 (0.7%)

1 (0.8%)

other

57 (4.9%)

53 (5.1%)

4 (3.2%)

Father’s educational achievement (X² (6) = 25.625)

no graduation

20 (1.7%)

15 (1.4%)

5 (3.9%)

primary school

95 (8.1%)

79 (7.6%)

16 (12.6%)

vocational school

218 (18.7%)

199 (19.2%)

19 (15%))

high school

190 (16.2%)

172 (16.5%)

18 (14.2%)

college/university

245 (21%)

233 (22.4%)

12 (9.4%)

unknown

400 (34.3%)

343 (32.9%)

57 (44.9%) **

Mother’s educational achievement (X² (6) = 37.058)

no graduation

24 (2%)

20 (1.9%)

4 (3.2%)

primary school

102 (8.7%)

83 (8%)

19 (15%)

vocational school

155 (13.3%)

143 (13.7%)

12 (9.4%)

high school

198 (17%)

181 (17.4%)

17 (13.4%)

college/university

314 (26.9%)

299 (28.7%)

15 (11.8%)

unkown

375 (32.1%)

315 (30.3%)

60 (47.2%) **