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Table 2 The association between respondents’ age and the type of social media usage

From: The use of social media for professional purposes among dentists in Saudi Arabia

Type of social media

Age group in years

p value*

 < 35 years

 ≥ 35 years

n (%)

n (%)

Twitter

154 (67.2)

67 (49.6)

0.001*

WhatsApp

221 (96.5)

128 (94.8)

0.3

Facebook

17 (7.4)

32 (23.7)

0.001*

Instagram

140 (61.1)

52 (38.5)

0.001*

YouTube

132 (57.6)

66 (48.9)

0.065

LinkedIn

9 (3.9)

5 (3.7)

0.577

Snapchat

187 (81.7)

50 (37)

0.001*

  1. *Significant at p = 0.05