Table 1.

Weighted bivariate associations between characteristics and Internet use (N = 2,284)

Characteristics	Internet users (N = 2,284, 78.3 %)	Standard error (SE)
Agea	p < 0.0001
18–24	88.3 %	5.17
25–34	92.5 %	2.11
35–44	86.6 %	1.93
45–54	78.5 %	1.93
55–64	80.8 %	2.03
65+	49.7 %	2.19
Gender	p = 0.39
Male	79.6 %	1.37
Female	78.0 %	1.22
Educationa	p < 0.0001
High school or less	42.6 %	4.41
Some college	77.5 %	1.32
College graduate	91.8 %	1.31
Race/ethnicitya	p < 0.0001
Non-Hispanic White	85.8 %	1.11
Non-Hispanic Black	72.7 %	3.44
Hispanic	69.1 %	3.77
Non-Hispanic Otherb	81.7 %	4.76
General healtha	p < 0.0001
Excellent, very good, or good	81.9 %	1.07
Fair or poor	58.4 %	3.09
Psychological distress	p = 0.59
Yes	80.6 %	1.02
No	73.5 %	13.63
Cancer experiencea	p = 0.002
No personal experience with cancer	76.0 %	2.63
Had family with cancer	82.3 %	1.12
Had a personal cancer diagnosis	72.8 %	2.42
Have regular health care provider	p = 0.11
Yes	80.6 %	1.05
No	76.1 %	2.35

^aItalic font indicates statistically significant associated with Internet use at p-value of 0.05 or less

^bOther includes American Indian, Asian American, Pacific islander, Native Hawaiian, Alaskan Native, and multiple races mentioned