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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2016 Feb 18;21(3):366–375. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1095814

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Individuals Posting Content (N = 140).

Characteristic Percentage
Sex
 Female 69
 Male 21
 Unclear 10
Age
 Under 18 35
 18 and over 46
 Unclear 19
Caucasian*
 No 47
 Yes 53
African-American*
 No 80
 Yes 20
Asian*
 No 91
 Yes 9
Hispanic*
 No 89
 Yes 11
Middle Eastern (e.g., Lebanese or Jordanian)*
 No 92
 Yes 8
South Asian (e.g., Indian or Pakistani)*
 No 97
 Yes 3
Mixed Race/Ethnicity*
 No 88
 Yes 12
Nationality/Location
 American 66
 German 9
 British 4
 Columbian 4
 Other 17
*

Percentages are based upon the 114 posters from whom these data were available.

Percentages are based upon the 76 posters from whom these data were available; other categories included Brazilian, Canadian, Estonian, Hungarian, Maltese, et al.