Table 2.
Better-ear hearing difficulty (BEHD) and demographics of postal questionnaire respondents (n=1235) by PC skill and Internet use.
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
PC skill n (%) |
Internet use n (%) |
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| Never 396 (32.1) |
Beginner 360 (29.1) |
Competent 479 (38.8) |
No 669 (54.2) |
Yes 566 (45.8) |
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| BEHD | None | 904 (73.20) | 278 (70.2) | 264 (73.3) | 362 (75.6) | 475 (71.0) | 429 (75.8) |
| Slight | 229 (18.54) | 70 (17.7) | 67 (18.6) | 92 (19.2) | 124 (18.5) | 105 (18.6) | |
| Moderate+ | 102 (8.26) | 48 (12.1) | 29 (8.1) | 25 (5.2) | 70 (10.5) | 32 (5.6) | |
| Age (years) | 50-54 | 195 (15.79) | 30 (7.6) | 54 (15.0) | 111 (23.2) | 67 (10.0) | 128 (22.6) |
| 55-59 | 237 (19.19) | 44 (11.1) | 69 (19.2) | 124 (25.9) | 93 (13.9) | 144 (25.5) | |
| 60-64 | 330 (26.72) | 87 (21.9) | 102 (28.3) | 141 (29.4) | 163 (24.4) | 167 (29.5) | |
| 65-69 | 261 (21.11) | 100 (25.3) | 87 (24.2) | 74 (15.4) | 171 (25.5) | 90 (15.9) | |
| 70-74 | 212 (17.17) | 135 (34.1) | 48 (13.3) | 29 (6.1) | 175 (26.2) | 37 (6.5) | |
| SES | 0-20 | 492 (39.84) | 116 (29.3) | 152 (42.2) | 224 (46.8) | 223 (33.3) | 269 (47.5) |
| 21-40 | 393 (31.82) | 132 (33.3) | 109 (30.3) | 152 (31.7) | 217 (32.4) | 176 (31.1) | |
| 41-60 | 297 (24.05) | 121 (30.6) | 80 (22.2) | 96 (20.0) | 190 (28.4) | 107 (18.9) | |
| 61-80 | 53 (4.29) | 27 (6.8) | 19 (5.3) | 7 (1.5) | 39 (5.8) | 14 (2.5) | |
| Sexa | Male | 559 (45.26) | 160 (40.4) | 165 (45.8) | 234 (48.9) | 272 (40.7) | 287 (50.7) |
| Female | 673 (54.49) | 235 (59.3) | 193 (53.6) | 245 (51.1) | 394 (58.9) | 279 (49.3) | |
a 0.25% (3/1235) of respondents failed to report their sex