Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the participants.
| Characteristics | United States (n=301) |
South Korea (n=179) |
Hong Kong (n=337) |
Total (N=826) |
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| Gender, n (%) |
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Male | 168 (56.4) | 69 (39.9) | 245 (74.9) | 482 (60.4) |
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Female | 130 (43.6) | 104 (60.1) | 82 (24.9) | 316 (39.6) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 21.56 (4.66) | 22.05 (2.36) | 20.24 (2.88) | 21.11 (3.63) | |
| Internet access, n (%) |
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Has Internet access | 294 (98.0) | 176 (100)) | 331 (98.2) | 801 (98.5) |
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Internet access through smartphone | 177 (58.8) | 176 (99.4) | 321 (95.3) | 674 (82.8) |
| Internet use |
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Daily Internet use, n (%) | 296 (98.7) | 175 (98.9) | 330 (97.9) | 801 (98.4) |
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Hours using Internet/day, mean (SD) | 4.44 (0.16) | 2.92 (0.31) | 4.38 (0.16) | 4.23 (2.82) |
| Health information |
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Ever used Internet for health information, n (%) | 270 (90.6) | 167 (93.3) | 261 (80.6) | 698 (87.1) |
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Frequency of online health information seeking, mean (SD)a | 3.56 (1.11) | 3.69 (1.13) | 3.20 (0.89) | 3.45 (1.06) |
a Frequency of online seeking measured with 7-point scale (1=never, 2=once a year, 3=couple of times a year, 4=once a month, 5=once a week, 6=2-3 times a week, and 7=every day).