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. 2012 Nov 5;14(6):e150. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2278

Table 1.

Sociodemographics and self-reported health status of survey respondents.

Groups Age
(years)
Gender
(% female) (n)
Race
(% Caucasian)
(n)
Educationa Incomeb Marital status
(% married)
Rating of
overall healthc
(mean)
Self-reported
comorbi-
ditiesd
(mean)
Innovators 55.4 79% (136/173) 94%
(163/173)
76%
(126/166)
72%
(108/150)
68%
(117/173)
3.8 2.8
Other users 59.8 65%
(116/179)
90%
(161/178)
69%
(120/173)
63%
(96/153)
63%
(112/179)
3.5 3.4
Laggards 59.0 52%
(84/162)
94%
(152/162)
71%
(112/157)
75%
(103/137)
70%
(114/162)
3.6 3.3
Rejecters 58.3 75%
(89/118)
86%
(101/118)
61%
(68/112)
58%
(61/105)
64%
(76/118)
3.4 3.5
Non-adopters 61.7 72%
(84/116)
76%
(88/116)
50%
(55/109)
41%
(41/101)
47%
(54/116)
3.2 3.7
P valuee P=.001 P<.001 P<.001 P=.001 P=.001 P=.001 P=.001 P=.001

aEducation is captured as 4-year college graduate or more.

bIncome is captured as $75,000 or more in total household income from all sources before taxes.

cRating of overall health is captured as: Excellent (5), Very Good (4), Good (3), Fair (2), or Poor (1).

dSelf-reported comorbidities included 11 conditions such as: allergies, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and asthma or emphysema.

e P value for comparison of all five groups.