Table 4.
Sociodemographic variable | B | SE B | Exp (β) | 95% CI | |
Constant |
|
0.94 | 1.68 | 2.57 |
|
Age |
|
−0.03 | 0.02 | 0.98 | 0.95-1.02 |
Sex |
|
0.97 | 0.34 | 2.63b | 1.35-5.13 |
Ethnicity |
|
0.03 | 0.66 | 1.03 | 0.29-3.75 |
Race |
|
−0.28 | 0.17 | 0.77 | 0.56-1.08 |
Marital status c | |||||
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Widowed | −0.25 | 0.49 | 0.78 | 0.30-2.05 |
|
Never married | −0.52 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.18-1.94 |
|
Divorced or separated | −0.22 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.16-4.13 |
Education d | |||||
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High school graduate | 0.33 | 0.59 | 1.39 | 0.44-4.39 |
|
Some college | 0.72 | 0.48 | 2.05 | 0.81-5.21 |
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4 years of college | 0.94 | 0.48 | 2.57a | 1.00-6.59 |
|
Post graduate | 1.96 | 0.95 | 7.11a | 1.11-45.56 |
Income (US$) e | |||||
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$20,000 to $49,999 | 0.85 | 0.57 | 2.35 | 0.77-7.16 |
|
$50,000 to $99,999 | −0.40 | 0.47 | 0.67 | 0.27-1.69 |
|
Over $100,000 | −0.05 | 0.42 | 0.96 | 0.42-2.17 |
Health status |
|
−0.20 | 0.15 | 0.82 | 0.61-1.09 |
Use of one electronic device for health informationf | 1.30 | 0.44 | 3.68b | 1.56-8.68 | |
Use of multiple electronic devices for health informatione | 1.80 | 0.45 | 6.06b | 2.50-14.69 |
a P<.05 two-tailed.
b P<.01
cReference category: Now married
dReference category: Did not graduate high school
eReference category: Less than $10,000
fSingle electronic device use defined as self-reported use of 1 electronic device (ie, desktop, laptop, cell phone, tablet) to find Web-based health information.
eMultiple electronic device use defined as self-reported use of ≥2 electronic devices (ie, desktop, laptop, cell phone, tablet) to find Web-based health information.