Table 1
Average time spent per day, in-person contact with others, Internet users and non-users, Canada, 2005

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Non-users
Internet users (1 hour or less)
Internet users (more than 1 hour)
Time
Adjusted time1
Time
Difference
Adjusted time1
Adjusted difference
Time
Difference
Adjusted time1
Adjusted difference
time in minutes
No one (alone)2
376.3
374.2
396.6
20.4*
400.6
26.4**
473.1
96.8**
493.2
119.0**
Spouse/partner3
209.8
205.0
166.6
-43.1**
190.9
-14.1**
147.8
-62.0**
176.1
-28.9**
Household children under age 15
86.3
85.6
68.9
-17.3**
73.7
-12.0**
56.0
-30.3**
57.8
-27.9
Parents or parents-in-law not living in the household4
13.7
14.1
8.6
-5.0**
7.4
-6.8**
12.4
-1.3
8.3
-5.8
Friends not living in the household
86.7
90.4
99.6
12.9*
88.7
-1.7
92.3
5.6
59.6
-30.8
* difference from non-users is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level (p < .05)
** difference from non-users is statistically significant at the 99% confidence level (p < .01)
1. Adjusted figures control for age, sex, number of children aged 14 and under in respondent's household, day of week, education level, and time spent at work.
2. Adjusted figures for time spent alone also control for number of persons living in the household.
3. Adjusted figures for time spent with spouse/partner also control for whether respondent has a spouse or partner.
4. Adjusted figures for time spent with parents and parents-in-law not living in the household also control for whether parents and parents-in-law live in the household.
Data source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, Cycle 19: Time Use, 2005. An expanded version of this table initially appeared in Veenhof (2006a).
Table source: Statistics Canada, Connectedness Series, 2008, Catalogue no. 56F0004M, no. 16.