Table 3.
The relationship between willingness to share personal health data and different demographic variables (N=2060).
| Characteristics | Willingness to share | Chi-square | P value | ||||||
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Low willingness, n/N (%)a | High willingness, n/N (%) |
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| Gender | 1.240 | .26 | |||||||
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Male | 270/1203 (22.44) | 175/857 (20.42) |
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Female | 933/1203 (77.56) | 682/857 (79.58) | ||||||
| Age (years) | 13.921 | .02 | |||||||
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<21 | 34/1199 (2.84) | 14/861 (1.63) |
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21-30 | 428/1199 (35.70) | 326/861 (37.86) | ||||||
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31-40 | 582/1199 (48.54) | 390/861 (45.30) | ||||||
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41-50 | 116/1199 (9.67) | 100/861 (11.61) | ||||||
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51-60 | 25/1199 (2.09) | 28/861 (3.25) | ||||||
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>60 | 14/1199 (1.17) | 3/861 (0.35) | ||||||
| Education level | 6.078 | .19 | |||||||
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High school or below | 221/1203 (18.37) | 127/857 (14.82) |
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College | 306/1203 (25.44) | 212/857 (24.74) | ||||||
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Bachelor | 523/1203 (43.47) | 392/857 (45.74) | ||||||
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Master | 135/1203 (11.22) | 112/857 (13.07) | ||||||
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Doctor | 18/1203 (1.50) | 14/857 (1.63) | ||||||
| Household income (yuanb per year) | 6.900 | .23 | |||||||
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<100,000 | 319/1201 (26.56) | 197/859 (22.93) |
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100,000-199,999 | 326/1201 (27.14) | 258/859 (30.03) | ||||||
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200,000-299,999 | 209/1201 (17.40) | 161/859 (18.74) | ||||||
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300,000-399,999 | 111/1201 (9.24) | 90/859 (10.48) | ||||||
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400,000-499,999 | 81/1201 (6.74) | 57/859 (6.64) | ||||||
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>500,000 | 155/1201 (12.91) | 96/859 (11.18) | ||||||
| Perceived health status | 10.943 | .004 | |||||||
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Poor | 30/1206 (2.49) | 30/854 (3.51) |
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General | 477/1206 (39.55) | 285/854 (33.37) | ||||||
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Excellent | 699/1206 (57.96) | 539/854 (63.11) | ||||||
| Experiences of sharing personal health data for scientific research | 7.918 | .02 | |||||||
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No | 785/1200 (65.42) | 543/860 (63.14) |
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Yes | 84/1200 (7.00) | 90/860 (10.47) | ||||||
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Unknown | 331/1200 (27.58) | 227/860 (26.40) | ||||||
| Experiences of information leaks | 19.713 | <.001 | |||||||
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No | 372/1203 (30.92) | 343/857 (40.02) |
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Yes | 201/1203 (16.71) | 109/857 (12.72) | ||||||
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Unknown | 630/1203 (52.37) | 405/857 (47.26) | ||||||
| Experiences of sharing personal health data for health care services | 0.290 | .59 | |||||||
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No | 194/1203 (16.13) | 131/857 (15.29) |
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Yes | 1009/1203 (83.87) | 726/857 (84.71) | ||||||
| P lace of residence | 0.429 | .98 | |||||||
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Shanghai | 745/1198 (62.19) | 550/862 (63.81) |
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Zhejiang | 114/1198 (9.52) | 79/862 (9.16) | ||||||
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Jiangsu | 124/1198 (10.35) | 87/862 (10.09) | ||||||
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Anhui | 196/1198 (16.36) | 134/862 (15.55) | ||||||
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Others | 19/1198 (1.59) | 12/862 (1.39) | ||||||
| Hospital level | 4.683 | .03 | |||||||
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Secondary | 578/1204 (48.01) | 371/856 (43.34) |
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Tertiary | 626/1204 (51.99) | 485/856 (56.66) | ||||||
aBased on the results of the questionnaire, the mean of the “willingness to share” was 3.496, the SD was 0.764, and the median was 3.50. Scores less than 3.50 were classified as the low willingness group, whereas scores higher than 3.50 were classified as the high willingness group.
b1 yuan=US $0.14.