International articleComputer usage and its relationship with adolescent lifestyle in Hong Kong
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Participants
The Hong Kong education system provides 7 years of high school education from Form 1 to Form 7. This study collected data on students studying in Form 1, Form 3, and Form 5 among 6 high schools in Hong Kong. Students in this study were comparable to those studying in Grade 7, Grade 9, and Grade 11 in the U.S. system. The six high schools were selected by convenient sampling to represent different levels of academic achievement of students in Hong Kong. All 2627 students studying in Form 1, Form
By gender
Figure 1 shows the percentage of computer users by domains of use and gender. Chi-square analyses were used to examine gender differences in prevalence of computer usage among our students. Overall, 82% of the students reported that they had used computers on at least one of the four domains under investigation. There are more male than female computer users (X2(1) = 14.62, p < .001). More female students tended to use computers for doing homework and for communicating with others than their
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the principals, staff, and students of Confucius Hall Middle School, King’s College, Lok Sin Tong Leung K.K. Middle School, St. Paul’s Convent School, Wah Yan College, and Ying Wa Girls’ School for their support and assistance to this project.
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