Table 2.
Bivariate and Multivariate Findings
| Used internet to access health information in past 12 months | Communicated electronically with provider in past 12 months | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent in category with outcome | AOR (CI) | Percent in category with outcome | AOR (CI) | |
| Parent Characteristics (n) | R-square = 0.14 | R-square = 0.13 | ||
| Age | ||||
| <30 years (163) | 73.4%* | 1 | 33.8%*** | 1 |
| 30 years or more (266) | 82.1%* | 1.08 (0.56–2.09) | 55.5%*** | 1.74 (1.09–3.21) |
| Educational Attainment | ||||
| College Graduate (183) | 92.2%*** | 1 | 68.3%*** | 1 |
| High School Graduate (217) | 73.1%*** | 0.33 (0.16–0.71) | 36.7%*** | 0.50 (0.30–0.84) |
| <High School Graduate (40) | 43.2%*** | 0.09 (0.03–0.26) | 8.1%*** | 0.07 (0.02–0.32) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| White non-Latino (284) | 83.2%** | 1 | 52.3%** | 1 |
| Hispanic/Latino, any race (71) | 64.1%** | 1.73 (0.47–6.42) | 31.3%** | 1.93 (0.74–5.02) |
| Other non-Latino (88) | 75.0%** | 0.89 (0.44–1.78) | 44.2%** | 1.04 (0.58–1.86) |
| Household Characteristics (n) | ||||
| Have teenager in household | ||||
| Yes (105) | 81.2%** | 1 | 39.2% | 1 |
| No (330) | 68.6%** | 0.73 (0.36–1.48) | 49.8% | 0.66 (0.36–1.19) |
| Primary Household Language | ||||
| English (383) | 81.8%*** | 1 | 50.7%** | 1 |
| Spanish (27) | 50.0%*** | 0.29 (0.06–1.46) | 12.5%** | 0.14 (0.03–0.69) |
| Other/Multiple Language (17) | 68.8%*** | 0.76 (0.17–3.46) | 56.3%** | 1.75 (0.45–6.83) |
| Technology Use (n) | ||||
| HH Member owns computer | ||||
| Yes (286) | 81.2%* | 1 | 49.7% | 1 |
| No (172) | 72.2%* | 0.78 (0.43–1.42) | 42.7% | 1.05 (0.63–1.75) |
| HH Member owns smartphone | ||||
| Yes (119) | 81.4% | 1 | 52.5% | 1 |
| No (339) | 76.8% | 0.82 (0.41–1.66) | 45.3% | 0.89 (0.52–1.52) |
| Access internet daily | ||||
| No (78) | 59.2%*** | 1 | 26.3%*** | 1 |
| Yes (360) | 82.1%*** | 1.55 (0.70–3.42) | 51.7%*** | 0.67 (0.29–1.57) |
| Check email daily | ||||
| No (119) | 62.1%*** | 1 | 20.3%*** | 1 |
| Yes (319) | 83.9%*** | 1.92 (0.91–3.42) | 57.2%*** | 4.38 (2.01–9.54) |
Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HH, household
*
omnibus chi-square p <0.05
**
omnibus chi-square p < 0.01
***
omnibus chi-square p < 0.001