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. 2024 Mar 8;26:e47448. doi: 10.2196/47448

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics based on sexual orientation and willingness to use mHealth tools for pandemic-related digital screening and tracking (“If these options were available to you, how likely would you be to participate in them?”; N=1928). Proportions may not sum to 1, and percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Subcategories (eg, sexual orientation subcategories) may not sum to 1928 due to missing data. Sexual orientation was significantly associated with willingness to install “an app on your phone that tracks your location and sends push notifications if you might have been exposed to COVID-19”; the pattern of results indicates that sexual minority adults reported being more likely to install such an app than heterosexual adults. Additionally, sexual orientation was also significantly associated with willingness to “use a website to log your symptoms and location and get recommendations about COVID-19”; the pattern of findings indicates that sexual minority adults reported being more likely to use such a website than heterosexual adults.

Variable Total Estimated proportion Comparison linearized SE P value

N Estimated proportion (%) Linearized SE Design effect Heterosexual Sexual minority

Installing an app on your phone that asks you questions about your own symptoms and provides recommendations about COVID-19 .06

Extremely likely 146 0.075 0.008 1.75 0.866 0.134 0.044

Very likely 212 0.110 0.010 1.95 0.898 0.102 0.028

Moderately likely 373 0.203 0.013 2.04 0.927 0.073 0.018

Not too likely 404 0.219 0.013 1.85 0.937 0.063 0.014

Not likely at all 757 0.377 0.015 1.73 0.950 0.050 0.009

Already done this 27 0.017 0.004 1.89 0.893 0.107 0.062
Installing an app on your phone that tracks your location and sends push notifications if you might have been exposed to COVID-19 <.001

Extremely likely 171 0.086 0.008 1.69 0.826 0.174 0.045

Very likely 232 0.130 0.011 1.88 0.889 0.111 0.029

Moderately likely 365 0.202 0.013 1.95 0.947 0.053 0.011

Not too likely 342 0.180 0.013 2.17 0.958 0.042 0.012

Not likely at all 790 0.394 0.015 1.71 0.943 0.057 0.010

Already done this 15 0.007 0.002 1.54 0.948 0.052 0.052
Using a website to log your symptoms and location and get recommendations about COVID-19 .008

Extremely likely 129 0.074 0.009 2.40 0.842 0.158 0.048

Very likely 216 0.112 0.009 1.72 0.906 0.095 0.025

Moderately likely 441 0.240 0.014 2.00 0.917 0.083 0.016

Not too likely 403 0.204 0.012 1.72 0.953 0.047 0.014

Not likely at all 710 0.631 0.012 1.73 0.949 0.051 0.010

Already done this 15 0.009 0.003 1.81 1.00 0.000 0.000