# Risk Perceptions on Social Media Use in Norway
## 5 Analysis and Results
### Risk Perceptions
#### 5.2.2 Categorical Analysis of Risk Perceptions when Sharing on Social Media  
We found that there were no differences in risk perception between the digital natives and non-natives considering all of the variables. Nor did having been hacked or suffering an ID theft influence the results. However, the differences in risk perceptions we found were between the sexes. Considering image posting, females consistently score higher than males across the Twitter, Reddit and Snapchat platforms, Table 17. The differences are minor and the median is the same, but the pattern is visible in the data. Females consider the risk to be higher for all platforms. Furthermore, when we analysed the remaining variables, we found seven more where females rank the risk as significantly higher than the males, Table 18. While the aforementioned results are the ones with significant differences, females only score higher on 4 out of the 26 variables where we measured risk perceptions (Table 15). Three are regarding pictures of pets on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit, while the final one is posting about holidays on Facebook. The difference in these four is also marginal. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l l l l l l l l l l l} \hline \hline
**Topic** & & & **N** & **Med** & **Mean** & **Std. Dev** & **Std. Error** &
\begin{tabular}{l} **95\% CI** \\ **Lower** \\ \end{tabular} & **Upper** & **Min** & **Max** & **Sig** \\ \hline Post about vacation & Snapchat & Male & 172 & 2 & 1.99 & 0.806 & 0.061 & 1.87 & 2.12 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Female & 91 & 2 & 2.21 & 0.876 & 0.092 & 2.03 & 2.39 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 263 & 2 & 2.07 & 0.835 & 0.052 & 1.97 & 2.17 & 1 & 4 & 0.05 \\ \hline Post pictures of & Facebook & Yes & 40 & 2 & 1.6 & 0.709 & 0.112 & 1.37 & 1.83 & 1 & 4 & \\  & No & 248 & 2 & 1.9 & 0.767 & 0.049 & 1.8 & 1.99 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 288 & 2 & 1.85 & 0.765 & 0.045 & 1.77 & 1.94 & 1 & 4 & 0.02 \\ \hline Post pictures of & Snapchat & Male & 172 & 1.5 & 1.56 & 0.613 & 0.047 & 1.47 & 1.66 & 1 & 3 & \\  & Female & 91 & 2 & 1.78 & 0.8 & 0.084 & 1.61 & 1.95 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 263 & 2 & 1.64 & 0.69 & 0.043 & 1.56 & 1.72 & 1 & 4 & 0.01 \\ \hline Share a news & Twitter & Male & 101 & 2 & 1.91 & 0.694 & 0.069 & 1.77 & 2.05 & 1 & 4 & \\ item & & Female & 29 & 2 & 2.21 & 0.675 & 0.125 & 1.95 & 2.46 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 130 & 2 & 1.98 & 0.698 & 0.061 & 1.86 & 2.1 & 1 & 4 & 0.04 \\ \hline Share humorous & Snapchat & Male & 172 & 1 & 1.49 & 0.587 & 0.045 & 1.4 & 1.58 & 1 & 4 & \\ content & & Female & 91 & 2 & 1.82 & 0.739 & 0.077 & 1.67 & 1.98 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 263 & 2 & 1.6 & 0.662 & 0.041 & 1.52 & 1.68 & 1 & 4 & 0 \\ \hline Participate in & Facebook & Male & 176 & 2 & 2.53 & 0.861 & 0.065 & 2.41 & 2.66 & 1 & 4 & \\ public debate & & Female & 85 & 3 & 2.8 & 0.884 & 0.096 & 2.61 & 2.99 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 261 & 3 & 2.62 & 0.876 & 0.054 & 2.51 & 2.73 & 1 & 4 & 0.02 \\ \hline Participate in & Twitter & Male & 99 & 2 & 2.49 & 0.908 & 0.091 & 2.31 & 2.68 & 1 & 4 & \\ public debate & & Female & 28 & 3 & 2.93 & 0.716 & 0.135 & 2.65 & 3.21 & 1 & 4 & \\  & Total & 127 & 3 & 2.59 & 0.885 & 0.079 & 2.44 & 2.75 & 1 & 4 & 0.02 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 17: Differences between sexes when posting things on social media.