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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2012 Oct 15;18(1):58–70. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2012.688248

Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios for the associations of psychosocial and demographic variables with Internet access and use of the Internet as a source of cancer information, respectively, in an immigrant Latino population cared for in safety net clinics

Internet access*
Intent to use Internet as cancer information source**
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Age (years) <50 vs. ≥ 50 1.74 [1.24, 2.45] .002 Per 10-year increase 0.65 [0.53, 0.80] <.001
Gender Female vs. male 1.45 [1.08, 1.95] .01 Female vs. male 0.68 [0.43, 1.06] .09
Marital status Married vs. unmarried 0.73 [0.46, 1.16] .18
Education (years) 12 vs. <12 2.02 [1.43, 2.86] <.001 12 vs. <12 2.24 [1.27, 3.93] .01
>12 vs. <12 3.39 [2.27, 5.07] <.001 >12 vs. <12 3.22 [1.79, 5.80] <.001
Perceived risk of cancer High vs. low 1.76 [1.14, 2.73] .01
Self-efficacy Per one-unit increase 1.10 [1.01, 1.22] .05 Per one-unit increase 1.24 [1.06, 1.44] .01
Acculturation Per one-unit increase 2.60 [1.97, 3.42] <.001 Per one-unit increase 1.60 [1.14, 2.23] .01
Trust in online health information Per one-unit increase 1.68 [1.51, 1.88] <.001 Per one-unit increase 1.47 [1.19, 1.82] .0004
*

Adjusted results from a logistic regression model that included all listed predictors and country of origin (N = 1,092). Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test: p = .886.

**

Adjusted results from a logistic regression model that included all listed predictors and country of origin (N = 428). Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test: p = .511.