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Inequality in Posting Behaviour Over Time: A study of Danish Facebook users Cover

Inequality in Posting Behaviour Over Time: A study of Danish Facebook users

By: Anja Bechmann  
Open Access
|Jun 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Monthly profile posts before normalization
Monthly profile posts before normalization

Figure 2

Monthly posts per gender (top left), age (top right), education (bottom left) and area of residence (bottom right)
Monthly posts per gender (top left), age (top right), education (bottom left) and area of residence (bottom right)

Figure 3

The percentage of posters in age groups
The percentage of posters in age groups

Poisson regression of monthly wallposts over time (2007–2014) by gender, age, education and area of residence_ Robust standard errors and exponentiated coefficients (incidence rate ratios) are used

Model 1 Coef./Std err.Model 2 Coef./Std err.Model 3 Coef./Std err.Model 4 Coef./Std err.Model 5 Coef./Std err.
Date (monthly)1.006*** (0.001)1.010*** (0.002)1.003* (0.001)1.000 (0.005)1.007*** (0.001)
Gender (1=female)1.471*** (0.159)92.883*** (121.536)1.447*** (0.153)1.463*** (0.157)1.445*** (0.156)
15–291.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)
30–440.957 (0.126)0.959 (0.119)0.105 (0.161)0.947 (0.129)0.960 (0.123)
45–591.052 (0.195)1.023 (0.177)0.095 (0.199)1.028 (0.196)1.020 (0.182)
60+1.239 (0.388)1.100 (0.334)0.001*** (0.002)1.231 (0.381)1.155 (0.350)
Short1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)
Medium1.469* (0.229)1.496* (0.232)1.459* (0.229)0.058 (0.201)1.481* (0.232)
Long1.547** (0.247)1.563** (0.246)1.513** (0.243)0.026 (0.087)1.553** (0.248)
Urban (1=urban)1.166 (0.116)1.152 (0.113)1.165 (0.115)1.160 (0.116)10.214 (13.109)
Gender:
  Male × Date 1.000 (.)
  Female × Date 0.993** (0.002)
Age:
  15–29 × Date 1.000 (.)
  30–44 × Date 1.004 (0.002)
  45–59 × Date 1.004 (0.003)
  60+ × Date 1.011*** (0.003)
Education:
  Short × Date 1.000 (.)
  Medium × Date 1.005 (0.006)
  Long × Date 1.007 (0.005)
Urbanization:
  Rural × Date 1.000 (.)
  Urban × Date 0.997 (0.002)
Constant0.078*** (0.053)0.006*** (0.006)0.423 (0.403)3.070 (10.050)0.030*** (0.027)
N. of obs.48,30048,30048,30048,30048,300

j_nor-2019-0012_apptab_001

Model 1 Coef./Std err.Model 2 Coef./Std err.Model 3 Coef./Std err.Model 4 Coef./Std err.Model 5 Coef./Std err.
Date (monthly)1.000 (0.003)0.996 (0.006)0.993 (0.005)1.002 (0.013)1.002 (0.004)
Gender (1=female)1.103 (0.120)0.017 (0.072)1.085 (0.119)1.105 (0.120)1.105 (0.121)
15–291.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)
30–440.840* (0.069)0.847* (0.070)0.481 (2.411)0.842* (0.069)0.839* (0.069)
45–590.846 (0.107)0.850 (0.106)0.000 (0.002)0.085 (0.106)0.845 (0.106)
60+0.620*** (0.086)0.623*** (0.086)0.000* (0.000)0.625*** (0.088)0.624*** (0.087)
Short1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)1.000 (.)
Medium1.666** (0.290)1.663** (0.290)1.670** (0.294)0.344 (3.241)1.665** (0.290)
Long1.817*** (0.309)1.813*** (0.307)1.795*** (0.307)45.064 (407.550)1.819*** (0.309)
Urban (1=urban)0.982 (0.110)0.983 (0.110)0.987 (0.113)0.982 (0.110)32.477 (147.544)
Gender:
  Male × Date 1.000 (.)
  Female × Date 1.007 (0.007)
Age:
  15–29 × Date 1.000 (.)
  30–44 × Date 1.001 (0.008)
  45–59 × Date 1.012 (0.008)
  60+ × Date 1.031* (0.013)
Education:
  Short × Date 1.000 (.)
  Medium × Date 1.002 (0.015)
Long × Date 0.995 (0.014)
Urbanization:
  Rural × Date 1.000 (.)
  Urban × Date 0.995 (0.007)
Constant5.050 (10.650)57.825 (211.587)489.468 (1689.259)1.328 (11.516)1.382 (3.296)
N. of obs.12,27612,27612,27612,27612,276

The data set compared with the Gemius estimated total population of Facebook users in Denmark

Digital Footprints data set (August 2014)Gemius Facebook user data set (August 2014)Facebook users in DK (Gemius, August 2014)Danish population (August 2014)
Age 15–2923923.961615.5926,38429.1−5.21,042,89824.7
Age 30–4419119.183521.0797,60825.1−61,013,78624.0
Age 45–5928228.21,42835.8827,72926.02.21,153,02727.3
Age 60+20120.11,10827.8628,61919.80,31,010,76323.9
Female51851.81,85846.61,604,05750.41.42,052,91948.6
Male48248.22,12953.41,576,28249.6−1.42,167,55551.4
Short education888.82,17254.51,793,29756.4−47.62,282,39854.1
High school, colleges and equivalent education38138.11,15729.0884,08527.810.31,202,34128.5
Higher education53153.165816.5502,95815.837.3735,73517.4
Rural54354.33,02275.8232,151473.0−18.73,146,06374.5
Urban45745.796524.2858,82627.018.71,074,41125.5
Total1,0001003,9841003,180,340100-4,220,474100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 31 - 49
Published on: Jun 28, 2019
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2019 Anja Bechmann, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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