Table 2 Patterns of App Use and Non-use (N = 437)
Characteristics | N(%) |
|---|---|
Users (n = 129) | |
Frequency of SBDA Use | Frequency n (%) |
Less than once a week | 40 (31.0%) |
Once a week or more but less than daily | 55 (42.6%) |
Daily | 34 (26.4%) |
Duration of Use (missing = 1) | |
≤ 12 months | 62 (48.1%) |
More than a year | 66 (51.2%) |
Most-Used SBDAs | |
Tinder | 129 (100%) |
Bumble | 61 (47.3%) |
Plenty Of Fish | 10 (7.8%) |
Grindr | 8 (6.2%) |
Coffee Meets Bagel | 8 (6.2%) |
Users & Past Users (n = 230) | |
Number of people met face-to-face | Frequency n (%) |
0 | 52 (22.6%) |
1–2 | 65 (28.3%) |
3–5 | 53 (23.0%) |
> 5 | 60 (26.1%) |
Number of serious relationships | |
None | 140 (60.9%) |
One or more | 90 (39.1%) |
How do you feel that the use of dating apps has impacted your self-esteem? | |
Positive | 93 (40.4%) |
No impact | 71 (30.0%) |
Negative | 66 (28.7%) |
Non-Users & Past Users (n = 308) | |
Reasons for not using or no longer using dating applications (missing = 8) | Frequency n (%) |
Not looking for a relationship | 201 (67.0%) |
Prefer to meet people in other ways | 94 (31.3%) |
Don’t trust people to be honest online | 33 (11.0%) |
Don’t cater for the kind of relationship I want | 30 (10.0%) |
Negative social stigma | 20 (6.7%) |
Other | 9 (3.0%) |
I don’t think I will match with anyone | 12 (4.0%) |
Previous bad experience | 1 (0.3%) |
Where people meet past partners other than SBDA (missing = 8) | |
Through work/university/school | 146 (48.7%) |
Through mutual friends | 112 (37.3%) |
Through church or hobbies | 37 (12.3%) |
At bars/clubs or other social venues | 30 (10.0%) |
Other | 30 (10.0%) |
At parks/libraries/other public places | 6 (2.0%) |