Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents by generation (N=1137).
| Sociodemographic characteristic | Overall | Generation | ||
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Digital natives (n=571) | Digital immigrants (n=566) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 44.2 (13.8) | 32.5 (6.0) | 56.0 (8.3) | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
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Male | 574 (50.5) | 288 (50.4) | 286 (50.5) |
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Female | 563 (49.5) | 283 (49.6) | 280 (49.5) |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||
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Married | 523 (46) | 211 (37) | 312 (55.1) |
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Single | 614 (54) | 360 (63) | 254 (44.9) |
| Employment, n (%) | ||||
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Unemployed | 299 (26.3) | 142 (24.9) | 157 (27.7) |
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Employed | 838 (73.7) | 429 (75.1) | 409 (72.3) |
| Income (US $), n (%) | ||||
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<25,000 | 136 (12) | 70 (12.3) | 66 (11.7) |
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25,000-34,999 | 106 (9.3) | 55 (9.6) | 51 (9) |
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35,000-49,999 | 171 (15) | 82 (14.4) | 89 (15.7) |
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50,000-64,999 | 140 (12.3) | 86 (15.1) | 54 (9.5) |
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65,000-79,999 | 134 (11.8) | 64 (11.2) | 70 (12.4) |
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80,000-99,999 | 124 (10.9) | 71 (12.4) | 53 (9.4) |
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≥100,000 | 326 (28.7) | 143 (25) | 183 (32.3) |
| Educational level, n (%) | ||||
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Lower than high school graduate | 7 (0.6) | 5 (0.9) | 2 (0.4) |
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High school graduate | 149 (13.1) | 81 (14.2) | 68 (12) |
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Some college or associate degree | 351 (30.9) | 167 (29.2) | 184 (32.5) |
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Bachelor’s degree | 459 (40.4) | 250 (43.8) | 209 (36.9) |
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Graduate degree or higher | 171 (15) | 68 (11.9) | 103 (18.2) |
| Race, n (%) | ||||
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American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 (0.7) | 7 (1.2) | 1 (0.2) |
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Asian | 68 (6) | 52 (9.1) | 16 (2.8) |
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Black or African American | 97 (8.5) | 41 (7.2) | 56 (9.9) |
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Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) |
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White | 931 (81.9) | 445 (77.9) | 486 (85.9) |
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Some other race | 31 (2.7) | 24 (4.2) | 7 (1.2) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
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Hispanic or Latino | 96 (8.4) | 67 (11.7) | 29 (5.1) |
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Not Hispanic or Latino | 1041 (91.6) | 504 (88.3) | 537 (94.9) |
| Political affiliation, n (%) | ||||
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Democrat | 571 (50.2) | 289 (50.6) | 282 (49.8) |
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Republican | 566 (49.8) | 282 (49.4) | 284 (50.2) |
| Do you go for an annual checkup regularly?, n (%) | ||||
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No | 371 (32.6) | 237 (41.5) | 134 (23.7) |
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Yes | 766 (67.4) | 334 (58.5) | 432 (76.3) |
| Do you have health insurance?, n (%) | ||||
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No | 97 (8.5) | 64 (11.2) | 33 (5.8) |
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Yes | 1040 (91.5) | 507 (88.8) | 533 (94.2) |
| Do you have at least one chronic disease?, n (%) | ||||
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No | 657 (57.8) | 395 (69.2) | 262 (46.3) |
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Yes | 480 (42.2) | 176 (30.8) | 304 (53.7) |
| Online health information search frequency, n (%) | ||||
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Frequent | 615 (54.1) | 279 (48.9) | 336 (59.4) |
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Infrequent | 522 (45.9) | 292 (51.1) | 230 (40.6) |