Table 2.
Comparisons of characteristics of online health information seeking.
| Characteristics | Weighted percentagea | P valueb |
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| Chronic conditions | ||||||||
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Cancer |
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No | 72.4 | .05 |
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Yes | 79.1 |
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Diabetes or high blood sugar |
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No | 73.1 | .43 |
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Yes | 70.4 |
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Hypertension or high blood pressure |
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No | 73.6 | .15 |
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Yes | 70.6 |
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Heart diseases |
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No | 72.8 | .70 |
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Yes | 74.5 |
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Cerebrovascular diseases including stroke |
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No | 59.3 | .18 |
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Yes | 72.9 |
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Chronic lung diseases |
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No | 72.4 | .13 |
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Yes | 77.0 |
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Arthritis or rheumatism |
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No | 72.7 | .37 |
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Yes | 77.0 |
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Depression or anxiety disorder |
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No | 71.8 | <.001 |
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Yes | 86.5 |
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Sex |
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Men | 69.9 | .001 |
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Women | 76.2 |
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Age groups (years) |
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20-29 | 75.9 | <.001 |
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| 30-39 | 77.9 |
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| 40-49 | 75.3 |
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| 50-59 | 72.9 |
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| 60-69 | 70.6 |
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| ≥70 | 58.2 |
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Education status |
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≤High school graduate | 66.7 | <.001 |
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| Career college/junior college | 75.6 |
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| ≥College graduate | 77.3 |
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Work |
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No | 68.1 | .003 |
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| Yes | 74.6 |
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Marital status |
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Not married | 71.8 | .45 |
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Married | 73.4 |
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Household income (million yenc) |
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<2 | 69.3 | <.001 |
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2 to <4 | 66.6 |
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4 to <6 | 74.6 |
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6 to <8 | 76.3 |
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8 to <10 | 73.9 |
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≥10 | 77.9 |
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No answer | 56.3 |
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Health literacy |
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5-15 | 61.5 | <.001 |
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16-18 | 73.3 |
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19-20 | 74.7 |
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≥21 | 82.8 |
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Self-reported health status |
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Excellent, very-good, good | 71.7 | .008 |
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| Fair-poor | 77.7 |
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aResults were weighted to be representative of the population of internet users in Japan.
bChi-square test.
cUS $1=JPY 105.9.