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. 2015 Mar 30;4(1):e8. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.3144

Table 3.

Detailed sample description of the Internet survey.

Participants Total Exposure to high-quality page Exposure to low-quality page

n % n % n %
Total number, N 454 100 232 100 222 100
Gender






Male 250 55.1 111 47.8 72 32.4

Female 171 37.7 99 42.7 139 62.6

Missing 33 7.3 22 9.5 11 5.0
Age group, years





15-20 110 24.2 62 26.7 48 21.6

21-30 208 45.8 90 38.8 118 53.2

31-40 36 8.0 22 9.5 14 6.3

41-50 36 8.0 15 6.5 21 9.5

51-64 29 6.4 20 8.6 9 4.1

Missing 35 7.7 23 9.9 12 5.4
Education





No school degree 1 0.2 1 0.4 - -

In school education 26 5.7 13 5.6 13 5.9

Some school degree 59 13.0 37 15.9 22 9.9

High school degree 82 18.1 44 19.0 38 17.1

Professional school degree 4 0.9 2 0.9 2 0.9

In university education 146 32.2 70 30.2 76 34.2

University degree 135 29.7 64 27.6 71 32.0

Missing 1 0.2 1 0.4 - -
Working in the medical sector




Yes 19 4.2 6 2.6 13 5.9

No 423 93.2 217 93.5 206 92.8

Missing 12 2.6 9 3.9 3 1.4
Internet use for medical information



Not at all 13 2.9 7 3.0 6 2.7

1 Little 39 8.6 24 10.3 15 6.8

2 86 18.9 44 19.0 42 18.9

3 86 18.9 45 19.4 41 18.5

4 66 14.5 33 14.2 33 14.9

5 83 18.3 41 17.7 42 18.9

6 41 9.0 20 8.6 21 9.5

7 Very often 38 8.4 16 6.9 22 9.9

Missing 2 0.4 2 0.9 - -