Table 2.
Adjusted digital technology ownership and usage percentages by race/ethnic group.
| Variable | All (N=904) |
Caucasian (n=172) | Filipino (n=250) | Korean (n=234) | Latino (n=248) | Overall | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P valuec | |
| Digital technology ownership d | |||||||
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Landline phone | 485 (54.8) | 84 (49.3) | 159 (65.9) | 103 (44.4) | 137 (57.2) | <.001 |
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Mobile phonea | 825 (92.8) | 160 (93.7) | 215 (89) | 228 (97.8) | 222 (91.5) | .01 |
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Smartphone | 622 (75.8) | 115 (69.6) | 181 (81.7) | 183 (82.8) | 144 (67.5) | <.001 |
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Computer/laptop | 713 (80.8) | 140 (81.8) | 193 (80.4) | 224 (96.6) | 156 (65.3) | <.001 |
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iPad or tablet | 340 (39.0) | 60 (35.4) | 98 (40.9) | 124 (55.2) | 59 (24.4) | <.001 |
| Digital technology usage d | |||||||
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Use mobile phonea,b | 795 (96.1) | 154 (92.7) | 217 (96.7) | 218 (98.2) | 207 (96.1) | .24 |
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Use Internet via smartphoneb | 547 (90.5) | 107 (93.2) | 168 (88.2) | 157 (95.7) | 115 (85.4) | .02 |
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Use Internet via computerb | 692 (78.6) | 133 (77.6) | 187 (78.7) | 225 (96.7) | 146 (61) | <.001 |
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Use textb | 672 (81.2) | 130 (78.3) | 192 (85.9) | 177 (79.7) | 172 (79.8) | .09 |
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Use emailb | 683 (90.7) | 145 (89.5) | 198 (93.1) | 199 (96.2) | 141 (82.2) | .001 |
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Use Facebookb | 456 (78.9) | 112 (86.4) | 156 (87.4) | 87 (65.1) | 101 (73.9) | .002 |
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Use Twitterb | 100 (38) | 22 (42.4) | 42 (48) | 25 (43.4) | 12 (18) | .011 |
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Download any apps | 509 (57.5) | 100 (58.6) | 144 (59.6) | 161 (69.6) | 106 (43.7) | <.001 |
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Download health apps | 175 (19.8) | 44 (25.5) | 60 (24.7) | 41 (17.8) | 30 (12.2) | <.03 |
aMobile phone=non-smartphones+smartphones.
bAt least 1x/week in the last month.
cAdjusted for age, gender, marital status, education, years lived in the United States, language, survey type.
dSome variables have missing data, percentages are based on the n for each individual variable per group.