Table 4 Participants demographics for the online study.

From: Friend or phisher: how known senders and fear of missing out affect young adults' phishing susceptibility on social media

Demographic categories

N = 193

Leisure time online

Median 3 h on a typical week day

 

Median 4 h on a typical weekend day

Used Social Media Platforms

92.7% Instagram users

 

59.6% YouTube users

 

55.4% Snapchat users

 

42.5% Facebook users

 

33.7% TikTok users

Educational degree

43.5% A-Level

 

25.9% University degree

 

16.6% Secondary school diploma

 

7.3% Non-degree

 

6.2% Others

 

0.5% No answer

Occupation

54.9% University student

 

14.5% School student

 

14.5% Employee

 

10.9% Apprenticeship

 

5.2% Others

Email phishing

73.6% experienced phishing

Instagram phishing

48.2% experienced phishing

Other social media phishing

31.6% experienced phishing