Table 2.

Use of the Internet for health information seeking: multivariate logistic regression (Number of observations = 1931)

	% of Internet users	aOR*	95% CI	P**
Gender				< 0.0001
Men	49.0	1	-
Women	51.0	1.64	1.29–2.07
Age group (years)				< 0.001
> 59	10.6	1	-
45–59	22.8	1.54	1.01–2.36
30–44	36.2	1.81	1.19–2.75
< 30	30.4	2.73	1.71–4.38
Level of education				0.001
None/Primary	1.4	1	-
Secondary	32.5	1.47	0.60–3.60
Postsecondary	66.1	2.39	0.97–5.85
Monthly household income (€/CU)				0.020
1st quartile	25.6	1	-
2nd quartile	24.5	1.62	1.17–2.24
3rd quartile	24.8	1.59	1.10–2.29
4th quartile	25.1	1.39	0.94–2.05
Social integration				< 0.001
Isolated	12.0	1	-
Helped	4.9	1.51	0.79–2.88
Integrated	83.1	2.31	1.54–3.47
Lives in a couple relationship				0.020
No	37.8	1	-
Yes	62.2	1.35	1.05–1.73
Current health problem(s)				0.007
No	34.9	1	-
Yes	65.1	1.44	1.11–1.87
Relative with current health problem(s)				0.002
No	48.3	1	-
Yes	51.7	1.44	1.14–1.82
Perception of mental health				0.024
Good	18.7	1	-
Poor	81.3	1.41	1.05–1.91
Worries about health more than others				0.040
No	75.9	1	-
Yes	24.1	1.32	1.01–1.71
Difficulties understanding information from GP				0.049
No	52.2	1	-
Yes	47.8	1.27	1.01–1.60
Frequency of Internet use				< 0.0001
Low	22.2	1	-
High	77.8	2.96	2.15–4.07
Home connection				0.014
No	21.4	1	-
Yes	78.6	1.47	1.08–1.99
Years with access				< 0.001
< 1	12.9	1	-
1–3	28.9	1.37	0.94–2.02
4–6	35.7	1.63	1.11–2.41
> 7	22.5	2.45	1.60–3.76

* Adjusted odds ratio

** Overall p_value based on the Type III Wald statistic