TABLE 1.

Distribution and Weighted Percentages of Sociodemographic and Mass Media Exposure Characteristics of HINTS Respondents

Sociodemographic variables	na	%b
Age
18–49	2,527	61.1
50–69	1,929	28.0
70+	1,112	10.9
Gender
Female	3,657	51.9
Male	1,929	48.1
Race
White	4,378	79.9
Black	462	11.3
Other	339	8.8
Education level
Less than high school	687	14.5
High school graduate	1,643	33.8
Some college	1,349	28.3
College graduate	1,696	23.4
Cancer information-seeking
Yes	2,925	48.7
No	2,647	51.3
Television exposure
High	2,705	46.7
Low	2,812	53.3
Television news exposure
High	2,667	43.1
Low	2,756	56.9
Radio exposure
High	2,554	48.8
Low	2,994	51.2
Internet exposure
High	2,711	51.9
Low	2,846	48.1
Newspaper exposure
High	2,617	40.0
Low	2,963	60.0
Television health news exposure
≥Once/week	2,761	46.4
<Once/week	1,296	24.5
None	1,448	29.1
Internet health news exposure
≥Once/week	1,382	25.8
<Once/week	716	13.2
None	3,471	60.9
Print health news exposure
≥Once/week	2,369	35.5
<Once/week	1,241	22.7
None	1,943	41.8

Note. HINTS, 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey; N = 5,586.

^aDecreased and unequal ns for individual variables are due to excluded and missing data.

^bPercentages weighted to the 2005 U.S. Census.