Table 1.
Demographic profile of older eHealth users (n=442).
| Characteristic | Participants, n (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
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Men | 163 (36.9) | |
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Women | 279 (63.1) | |
| Age (years) | |||
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50-54 | 116 (26.2) | |
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55-59 | 98 (22.2) | |
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60-64 | 91 (20.6) | |
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65-69 | 65 (14.7) | |
|
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70-74 | 33 (7.5) | |
|
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75-84 | 38 (8.6) | |
| Education | |||
|
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Secondary education | 215 (48.6) | |
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Postsecondary and tertiary education | 225 (50.9) | |
| Marital status | |||
|
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Single, divorced, or widowed | 96 (21.7) | |
|
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Married | 329 (74.4) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
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Jewish | 421 (95.2) | |
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Arabic | 21 (4.8) | |
| Health condition—chronic ailments | |||
|
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No chronic ailments | 262 (59.3) | |
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One or more chronic ailments | 168 (39) | |
| Health condition—change in health condition in the past 12 months | |||
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No | 214 (48.4) | |
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Yes | 221 (50) | |
| Internet use frequency | |||
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Once a week or less | 14 (3.2) | |
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Several times a week | 48 (10.9) | |
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Once a day | 49 (11.1) | |
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Several times a day | 261 (59) | |
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All day, every day | 69 (15.6) | |