Table 1.

A comparison of readers and non-readers regarding socio-demographic and psychographic factors.

	Total	Has read, n = 2086 (77%)	Has never read, n = 632 (23%)	p*
Gender				<0.001
Female	1872 (70%)	1473 (71%)	399 (64%)
Male	821 (30%)	594 (29%)	227 (36%)
Mean Age	50	48	56	<0.001
[Min-Max]	[17–96]	[17–90]	[18–96]
Education				0.014
Primary education	192 (7%)	131 (6%)	61 (10%)
High school	842 (31%)	648 (31%)	194 (31%)
University or college	1660 (62%)	1289 (62%)	371 (59%)
Marital status				0.033
Married, registered partner or Stable partner	2009 (75%)	1559 (77%)	450 (72%)
Single	654 (25%)	481 (23%)	173 (28%)
Health				0.561
Good or very good	1943 (72%)	1487 (71%)	456 (72%)
Neither good nor bad	542 (20%)	414 (20%)	128 (20%)
Bad or very bad	226 (8%)	180 (9%)	46 (7%)
Internet use				<0.001
Daily	2674 (98%)	2074 (99%)	600 (95%)
Every week or Every month, Sometimes or Never	44 (2%)	12 (1%)	32 (5%)
Accessible devices				<0.001
Smartphones	2640 (97%)	2055 (99%)	585 (93%)
Just phone without apps, computer, tablet or non	76 (3%)	29 (1%)	47 (7%)
It is good for me to read				<0.001
Strongly agree/agree	2036 (93%)	1938 (94%)	98 (72%)
Partially agree, disagree/strongly disagree	161 (7%)	122 (6%)	39 (28%)
The ability to retrieve health information				<0.001
High	1813 (67%)	1442 (69%)	371 (59%)
Low	894 (33%)	638 (31%)	256 (41%)
The ability to select information				<0.001
High	1765 (65%)	1414 (68%)	351 (56%)
Low	937 (35%)	662 (32%)	275 (44%)
The ability to understand information				<0.001
High	1896 (70%)	1498 (72%)	398 (63%)
Low	804 (30%)	575 (28%)	229 (37%)
The ability to judge the reliability of information				<0.001
High	1823 (67%)	1440 (69%)	383 (61%)
Low	881 (33%)	638 (31%)	243 (39%)

*The p-value was determined using chi-square and t-test depending on the variable.