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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 35) and their use of social media platforms

From: Adolescents’ exposure to and evaluation of food promotions on social media: a multi-method approach

Sociodemographic variables

n (%)

Gender

  Male

18 (51)

  Female

17 (49)

Age (years)

  13

11 (31)

  14

8 (23)

  15

8 (23)

  16

8 (23)

Socio-economic areaa

  Low

13 (37)

  Medium

19 (54)

  High

3 (9)

Social media platform usersb

  YouTube

34 (97)

  Instagram

33 (94)

  Snapchat

27 (77)

  TikTok

23 (66)

  Pinterest

18 (51)

  Facebook

13 (37)

  Reddit

6 (17)

  Twitch

2 (6)

  Yolo

2 (6)

  Spotify

1 (3)

  Discord

1 (3)

  Twitter

1 (3)

  WhatsApp

1 (3)

  1. a Classification based on the postal area (Low: Q1 and Q2; Medium: Q3 and Q4; High: Q5) according to the Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) ranking for Australia [29]
  2. Participants could select multiple responses