Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics related to access to news and information about COVID-19. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022.
| Sociodemographic profile | Social media | p value2 | Television | p value2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N = 3901 | I do not “use” this mean of information N = 1631 | It hasn’t affected me N = 1141 | It has affected me physically and/or psychologically N = 1131 | I do not “use” this mean of information N = 1631 | It hasn’t affected me N = 1141 | It has affected me physically and/or psychologically N = 1131 | p value2 | ||
| Sex | 0.347 | 0.640 | |||||||
| Female | 293 (75.1) | 126 (77.3) | 80 (70.2) | 87 (77.0) | 22 (73.3) | 131 (73.) | 140 (77.3) | ||
| Male | 97 (24.9) | 37 (22.7) | 34 (29.8) | 26 (23.0) | 8 (26.7) | 48 (26.8) | 41 (22.7) | ||
| Age | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| 60 - 65 years old | 134 (34.4) | 31 (19.0) | 40 (35.1) | 63 (55.8) | 12 (40.0) | 42 (23.5) | 80 (44.2) | ||
| 66 - 75 years old | 138 (35.4) | 49 (30.1) | 52 (45.6) | 37 (32.7) | 11 (36.7) | 64 (35.8) | 63 (34.8) | ||
| 76 years or older | 118 (30.3) | 83 (50.9) | 22 (19.3) | 13 (11.5) | 7 (23.3) | 73 (40.8) | 38 (21.0) | ||
| Marital status | 0.071 | 0.578 | |||||||
| Married/living | 199 (51.0) | 80 (49.1) | 59 (51.8) | 60 (53.1) | 15 (50.0) | 93 (52.0) | 91 (50.3) | ||
| together | |||||||||
| Widower | 73 (18.7) | 42 (25.8) | 13 (11.4) | 18 (15.9) | 4 (13.3) | 35 (19.6) | 34 (18.8) | ||
| Separated/separated | 67 (17.2) | 22 (13.5) | 24 (21.1) | 21 (18.6) | 4 (13.3) | 27 (15.1) | 36 (19.9) | ||
| Single | 51 (13.1) | 19 (11.7) | 18 (15.8) | 14 (12.4) | 7 (23.3) | 24 (13.4) | 20 (11.0) | ||
| Cohabitants | 0.177 | 0.280 | |||||||
| None | 71 (18.2) | 29 (17.8) | 19 (16.7) | 23 (20.4) | 5 (16.7) | 30 (16.8) | 36 (19.9) | ||
| 1 person | 145 (37.2) | 63 (38.7) | 43 (37.7) | 39 (34.5) | 10 (33.3) | 73 (40.8) | 62 (34.3) | ||
| 2 people | 93 (23.8) | 41 (25.2) | 33 (28.9) | 19 (16.8) | 10 (33.3) | 46 (25.7) | 37 (20.4) | ||
| 3 people or more | 81 (20.8) | 30 (18.4) | 19 (16.7) | 32 (28.3) | 5 (16.7) | 30 (16.8) | 46 (25.4) | ||
| Type of property | 0.220 | 0.135 | |||||||
| Own residence | 319 (81.8) | 134 (82.2) | 95 (83.3) | 90 (79.6) | 24 (80.0) | 145 (81.0) | 150 (82.9) | ||
| Rented residence | 46 (11.8) | 17 (10.4) | 10 (8.8) | 19 (16.8) | 3 (10.0) | 18 (10.1) | 25 (13.8) | ||
| Family residence | 25 (6.4) | 12 (7.4) | 9 (7.9) | 4 (3.5) | 3 (10.0) | 16 (8.9) | 6 (3.3) | ||
| Education level | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| Illiterate | 9 (2.3) | 7 (4.3) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (3.4) | 3 (1.7) | ||
| Complete or incomplete | 124 (31.8) | 79 (48.5) | 23 (20.2) | 22 (19.5) | 0 (0.0) | 66 (36.9) | 58 (32.0) | ||
| basic education | |||||||||
| High school | 108 (27.7) | 46 (28.2) | 27 (23.7) | 35 (31.0) | 9 (30.0) | 52 (29.1) | 47 (26.0) | ||
| Graduation | 70 (17.9) | 17 (10.4) | 32 (28.1) | 21 (18.6) | 11 (36.7) | 32 (17.9) | 27 (14.9) | ||
| Postgraduate | 79 (20.3) | 14 (8.6) | 31 (27.2) | 34 (30.1) | 10 (33.3) | 23 (12.8) | 46 (25.4) | ||
1 n (%); 2 Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test; *p value < 0,05; sd = standard deviation.