Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by health status among Internet health information users*
| Health Status | ||||
| N* (%) | Excellent (%) | Good (%) | Fair/Poor (%) | |
| Overall | 521 | 204 (39) | 257 (49) | 59 (12) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 189 (36) | 69 (34) | 95 (37) | 25 (42) |
| Female | 331 (64) | 135 (66) | 162 (63) | 34 (58) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 437 (87) | 171 (88) | 216 (86) | 50 (88) |
| Black | 38 (8) | 13 (7) | 20 (8) | 5 (9) |
| Other | 25 (5) | 9 (5) | 14 (6) | 2 (5) |
| Age | ||||
| 18-34 | 149 (29) | 60 (29) | 177 (30) | 12 (20) |
| 35-54 | 297 (54) | 114 (56) | 150 (58) | 33 (56) |
| 55 and older | 74 (14) | 30 (15) | 30 (12) | 14 (23) |
| Education† | ||||
| Less than college | 272 (54) | 93 (47) | 136 (54) | 43 (75) |
| College graduate | 233 (46) | 103 (53) | 116 (46) | 14 (25) |
| Income‡ | ||||
| Less than $30,000 | 154 (30) | 54 (26) | 73 (28) | 26 (44) |
| $30,000-$50,000 | 117 (22) | 39 (19) | 65 (25) | 13 (22) |
| Over $50,000 | 250 (48) | 111 (54) | 119 (46) | 20 (34) |
| Married | ||||
| Yes | 343 (32) | 139 (29) | 167 (34) | 37 (35) |
| No | 161 (68) | 57 (71) | 84 (66) | 20 (65) |
* Total N varies slightly due to small number of missing values (less than 2%).
† Mantel-Haenzel χ2 test for trend P< .01.
‡ Mantel-Haenzel χ2 test for trend P< .05.