Table 2.
Sharing behaviors among consumers.
| Social Networking and Personal Genetic Testing | |
|---|---|
| Shared personal genetic information on Facebook | 45.0% |
| Downloaded their raw data | 52.7% |
| Verbally shared genetic results | 85.5% |
| Shared 23andMe Username and Password | 29.1% |
| Emailed genetic results to others | 52.7% |
| Number of people participants met or reconnected with by sharing personal genetic test results | |
| Median | >10 |
| No one | 20.8% |
| 1 | 1.9% |
| <5 | 13.2% |
| 5–10 | 13.2% |
| >10 | 50.9% |
| Number of people participants consulted about genetic testing results | |
| Median | <5 |
| No one | 14.8% |
| 1 | 14.8% |
| <5 | 40.7% |
| 5–10 | 13.0% |
| >10 | 16.7% |