Table 1.

Demographic of veteran respondents to the Veterans Engagement with Technology Collaborative cohort survey.

Demographic			n (%)
Age (n=857)
	Aged over 65 years	602 (70.2)
	Aged 65 years or younger	255 (29.8)
Sex (n=857)
	Men	750 (87.5)
	Women	107 (12.5)
Race (n=857)
	White	762 (88.9)
	Black	55 (6.4)
	Other	40 (4.7)
Ethnicity (n=857)
	Non-Hispanic	830 (96.9)
	Hispanic	27 (3.3)
Relationship status (n=826)
	In a relationship	610 (73.8)
	Not in a relationship	216 (26.2)
Education status (n=851)
	At least some college or vocational school	745 (87.5)
	Less than some college or vocational school	106 (12.5)
Socioeconomic status (n=775)
	Not very hard to pay for basicsa	586 (75.6)
	Hard to pay for basics	189 (24.4)
Location of medical care (n=856)
	Mostly receives medical care in the VHAb	616 (72)
	Does not mostly receive medical care in the VHA	240 (28)
Time to VHA primary care doctor’s office (n=856)
	<60 min	726 (84.8)
	>60 min	130 (15.2)
Perceived physical health status (n=853)
	Good or very good or excellent	596 (69.9)
	Fair or poor	257 (30.1)
Perceived mental health status (n=855)
	Good or very good or excellent	694 (81.2)
	Fair or poor	161 (18.8)
Ease of communication (n=850)
	Very easy or easy	664 (78.1)
	Very difficult or difficult or neutral	186 (21.9)
Hierarchical condition community score (n=857), mean (SD)			1.7 (1.3)
Technology ownership (n=849)
	Desktop or laptop computer	793 (93.4)
	Smartphone	761 (89.6)
	Tablet computer	448 (52.8)
Technology adoption (n=853)
	Early technology adopter	452 (53)
	Not an early technology adopter	401 (47)
Comfort using computers (n=852)
	Very comfortable or confident using computers	759 (89.1)
	Not very comfortable or confident using computers	93 (10.9)
Self-reported mobile health app user? (n=815)
	Yes	639 (78.4)
	No	176 (21.6)
Self-reported health-related digital device user? (n=849)
	Yes	736 (86.7)
	No	113 (13.3)

^aBasics refers to essential needs like food and heating and cooling.

^bVHA: Veterans Health Administration.