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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011;22(4 Suppl):146–164. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0162

Table 1.

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Demographic Characteristics N =141 (%)
Gender (Female) 108 (77%)
Ethnicity
 Black 135 (95.7%)
 Hispanic 1 (0.71%)
 White 2 (1.42%)
 Other 3 (2.13%)
Education
 High school or less 21 (15.45%)
 Tech school 55 (40.44%)
 College 34 (25%)
 Post-grad degree 26 (19.12%)
Diabetes Knowledge test (Pass) 59 (49.17%)
Own a computer? (Yes) 124 (92.5%)
Anxious about ability to use internet? (Yes) 45 (34.09%)
Self rating of ability to use computer? (n=96)
 Unable 12 (9.16%)
 Less than average 39 (29.77%)
 Average 16 (12.21%)
 Above average 64 (48.85%)
Self rating of ability to use CHITs (n=106)
 Unable 18 (18.75%)
 Less than average 16 (16.67%)
 Average 16 (16.67%)
 Above average 46 (47.92%)

CHITs = Consumer Health Information Technologies