Table 1.
Ecological Model Variable Blocks: Study characteristics by Internet Health Information Seeking Behavior
| Internet Health Seeking Behavior | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n=171 (53%) | No, n=154 (47%) | ||
| Intrapersonal | |||
| Gender –n (%) | |||
| Female | 63 (37%) | 63 (41%) | |
| Male | 105 (63%) | 91 (59%) | |
| Education–n (%) | |||
| Less than H.S. | 40 (23%) | 29 (18%) | |
| H.S. Grad | 130 (77%) | 125 (82%) | |
| Ever been IDU–n (%) | |||
| Yes | 42 (25%) | 26 (17%) | |
| No | 129 (75%) | 128 (83%) | |
| T-Cell Count–n (%) | |||
| <200 | 36 (22%) | 26 (17%) | |
| 201-350 | 41 (25%) | 37 (25%) | |
| 351-500 | 41 (25%) | 35 (23%) | |
| >500 | 48 (29%) | 52 (35%) | |
| Poverty Line–n (%) | |||
| Above | 79 (46%) | 51 (33%) | |
| Below | 90 (54%) | 103 (67%) | |
| Health status compared to 6 mo. ago–n (%) | |||
| Better | 71 (42%) | 44 (29%) | |
| Same | 72 (42%) | 91 (60%) | |
| Worse | 27 (16%) | 18 (11%) | |
| Interpersonal | |||
| # Of Neighbors –mean (St. Dev.) | 8.90 (12.36) | 11.58 (15.10) | |
| # Of Kin–mean (St. Dev.) | 8.18 (9.90) | 9.31 (11.53) | |
| Community | |||
| Appropriate Medical Care | |||
| Yes | 117 (68%) | 111 (73%) | |
| No | 54 (32%) | 43 (27%) | |
| Religious Community | |||
| Yes | 53 (31%) | 44 (29%) | |
| No | 117 (69%) | 109 (71%) | |