Table II.

Logistic Regression Model, the Impact of Predictor Variables on Online Health Information Seeking

Predictor	Odds ratio	95 % Confidence Interval		Wald	df	p-value
Age	0.93	0.92	0.95	75.27	1	.000*
Gender (ref: male)	1.39	0.82	2.36	1.50	1	.220
Health (ref: good health)	1.37	0.86	2.19	1.708	1	.191
Education (ref:no high school diploma)	4.28	2.93	6.42	56.77	1	.000*
Race (ref: white)				2.05	2	.358
Black	0.42	0.12	1.45	1.88	1	.170
Other	0.62	0.28	1.38	1.36	1	.243
Marital status (ref=married)				12.83	4	.012*
Cohabiting, but not married	1.41	0.72	2.77	1.02	1	.313
Single	0.69	0.41	1.15	2.02	1	.156
Divorced or separated	1.45	0.94	2.25	2.78	1	.095
Widowed	0.28	0.06	1.27	2.72	1	.099
Health literacy	1.28	1.06	1.54	6.52	1	.011*
Preferred language (ref: English)	0.50	0.32	0.80	8.52	1	.004*

Note. N=964 due to missing data.

^*p < .05