Table 4.
Differences in internet usage by gender, education, employment and race
| Daily | 2–3×/week | Weekly | 2–3×/month | Monthly | Never | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | p | |
| Male | 126 | 36.1 | 34 | 9.7 | 8 | 2.3 | 18 | 5.2 | 21 | 6 | 142 | 40.7 | 0.003 |
| Employment status | |||||||||||||
| Unemployed | 44 | 20.9 | 5 | 2.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 | 150 | 72.1 | 0.001** |
| Employed | 99 | 47.4 | 22 | 10.5 | 9 | 4.3 | 15 | 7.2 | 16 | 7.7 | 48 | 23 | |
| Disability | 35 | 21.3 | 13 | 7.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 7 | 4.3 | 8 | 4.9 | 98 | 59.8 | |
| Education level | |||||||||||||
| <High school diploma | 6 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.3 | 3 | 2.6 | 4 | 3.4 | 11 | 9.4 | 88 | 75.2 | 0.001** |
| High school diploma | 26 | 18.4 | 11 | 7.8 | 4 | 2.8 | 5 | 3.5 | 9 | 6.4 | 86 | 61 | |
| Some college | 11 | 33.3 | 7 | 21.2 | 3 | 9.1 | 3 | 9.1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 24.2 | |
| Bachelor or graduate degree | 109 | 51.4 | 24 | 11.3 | 8 | 3.8 | 14 | 6.6 | 12 | 5.7 | 45 | 21.2 | |
| Race | |||||||||||||
| African American | 60 | 19.7 | 31 | 10.5 | 11 | 3.6 | 13 | 4.3 | 28 | 8.9 | 162 | 53.1 | 0.001 |
| Caucasian | 81 | 50.3 | 13 | 8.1 | 7 | 4.3 | 12 | 7.5 | 7 | 4.3 | 41 | 25.5 | |
| Other | 19 | 40.4 | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 24 | 51.1 | |
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Logistic regression analyses revealed significance at p < 0.001