Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, body mass index, diagnosed chronic diseases, and health app possession of respondents who owned smartphones or tablets.
| Demographics | Smartphone or tablet owners (n=4129), n (%) |
Smartphone or tablet nonowners (n=951), n (%) |
P valuea | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1733 (41.97) | 347 (36.5) | ||
| Female | 2396 (58.03) | 604 (63.5) | .002 | |
| Age | ||||
| 18-24 | 704 (17.05) | 2 (0.2) | ||
| 25-34 | 559 (13.54) | 2 (0.2) | ||
| 35-44 | 582 (14.10) | 12 (1.3) | ||
| 45-54 | 792 (19.18) | 49 (5.2) | ||
| 55-64 | 825 (19.98) | 160 (16.8) | ||
| 65 or above | 667 (16.15) | 726 (76.3) | <.001 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 1324 (32.07) | 62 (6.5) | ||
| Married/cohabitating | 2483 (60.14) | 586 (61.6) | ||
| Divorced/widowed | 322 (7.80) | 303 (31.9) | <.001 | |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Primary or below | 449 (10.87) | 559 (58.8) | ||
| Secondary | 1823 (44.15) | 308 (32.4) | ||
| Tertiary or above | 1857 (44.97) | 84 (8.8) | ||
| Employment status | ||||
| Full-time | 1554 (37.64) | 56 (5.9) | <.001 | |
| Part-time | 368 (8.91) | 43 (4.5) | ||
| Self-employed | 219 (5.30) | 6 (0.6) | ||
| Unemployed | 1988 (48.15) | 846 (89.0) | ||
| Monthly household income (HK$) | ||||
| <10,000 | 529 (14.30) | 508 (62.8) | ||
| 10,000-19,999 | 648 (17.52) | 127 (15.7) | ||
| 20,000-29,999 | 673 (18.19) | 94 (11.6) | ||
| 30,000-39,999 | 570 (15.41) | 34 (4.2) | ||
| 40,000 or above | 1279 (34.58) | 46 (5.7) | <.001 | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Nonsmoker | 3416 (82.77) | 739 (77.7) | ||
| Current smoker | 357 (8.65) | 75 (7.9) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 354 (8.58) | 137 (14.4) | <.001 | |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Never | 1850 (44.82) | 631 (66.4) | ||
| Occasional | 1224 (29.65) | 137 (14.4) | ||
| 1-3 days/month | 532 (12.89) | 31 (3.3) | ||
| 1 day or more/week | 403 (9.76) | 50 (5.3) | ||
| Ex-drinker | 119 (2.88) | 102 (10.7) | <.001 | |
| Moderate physical activity | ||||
| None | 2103 (50.99) | 660 (69.4) | ||
| 1-3 days/week | 1077 (26.12) | 81 (8.5) | ||
| 4 days or more/week | 944 (22.89) | 210 (22.1) | <.001 | |
| Body mass index | ||||
| <18.5 | 321 (10.30) | 101 (12.2) | ||
| 18.5-<23 | 1575 (50.55) | 376 (45.4) | ||
| 23-<25 | 576 (18.49) | 162 (19.5) | ||
| >25 | 644 (20.67) | 190 (22.9) | .06 | |
| Diagnosed chronic diseases | ||||
| Yes | 1223 (29.62) | 590 (62.0) | ||
| No | 2906 (70.38) | 361 (38.0) | <.001 | |
| Health app possession | ||||
| Yes | 995 (24.10) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| No | 3134 (75.90) | 951 (100.0) | <.001 | |
aP for two-sided chi-square tests.