Table 1: Specific mobile phone us in Shanghai and Taipei.
Note: The four-point responses categories ranged from “1” (never) to “4” (often). Figures in parentheses are standard deviations.***p <.001; **p <.01; *p <.05
Sample Total Shanghai Taipei t value
Take photos 3.04
(.87)		 2.99
(.87)		 3.06
(.87)		 -1.65*
Listen to music 2.90
(1.02)		 2.76
(1.01)		 2.98
(1.02)		 -4.59***
Play games 2.62
(.91)		 2.55
(.91)		 2.67
(.91)		 -2.77**
Combined Index 2.85
(.69)		 2.77
(.69)		 2.90
(.69)		 -4.15***
Surf the Internet 2.27
(1.22)		 3.22
(.97)		 1.70
(.98)		 33.14***
Chat via instant messenger 1.89
(1.13)		 2.83
(1.06)		 1.33
(.71)		 37.22***
Use tweeter 1.65
(1.03)		 1.97
(1.13)		 1.45
(.91)		 11.06***
Send/Receive e-mails 1.57
(.91)		 1.95
(1.05)		 1.35
(.72)		 14.94***
Use blog 1.47
(.85)		 1.80
(1.02)		 1.27
(.64)		 13.92***
Combined Index 1.77
(.83)		 2.35
(.73)		 1.41
(.68)		 28.43***