Table 3.

Logistic regression models predicting use of health information source, HINTS 3, HINTS 4 Cycles 1–4; 2008–2014; n = 10,614.

	Internet			Doctor			Print			Family/friend
Unadjusted	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Race/ethnicity (ref: non-Hisp White)
non-Hisp. Black	0.62**	0.50	0.77	1.43*	1.10	1.86	1.37*	1.15	1.89	1.67	0.98	2.86
Hisp. U.S. born	0.86	0.63	1.17	0.90	0.63	1.29	1.43	0.91	2.25	1.33	0.57	3.08
Hisp. foreign born	0.31**	0.24	0.40	2.55**	1.87	3.47	2.27**	1.66	3.09	1.72	0.98	3.03
Other U.S. born	0.96	0.61	1.49	1.09	0.57	2.09	0.75	0.44	1.29	1.73	0.80	3.76
Other foreign born	0.86	0.59	1.25	0.98	0.58	1.66	1.06	0.62	1.83	1.97	0.92	4.22
Adjusted models	AOR	95% CI		AOR	95% CI		AOR	95% CI		AOR	95% CI
Race/ethnicity (ref: non-Hisp White)
non-Hisp. Black	0.58**	0.46	0.73	1.52*	1.14	2.03	1.64**	1.25	2.16	1.46	0.86	2.50
Hisp. U.S. born	0.70*	0.50	0.99	1.03	0.71	1.50	1.96*	1.23	3.13	1.10	0.47	2.55
Hisp. foreign born	0.69	0.47	1.01	1.37	0.87	2.16	1.84*	1.11	3.05	0.88	0.33	2.34
Other U.S. born	0.63*	0.40	0.99	1.62	0.80	3.27	1.06	0.60	1.87	1.72	0.78	3.78
Other foreign born	0.56*	0.38	0.85	1.85*	1.06	3.25	1.25	0.72	2.18	1.79	0.81	3.96
Gender (ref: female)
Male	1.01	0.87	1.17	0.91	0.75	1.10	1.21	1.00	1.47	0.77	0.54	1.11
Education (ref: Less than HS)
HS graduate	2.29**	1.65	3.20	0.59*	0.40	0.86	0.74	0.52	1.06	0.71	0.40	1.26
Some college	3.67**	2.66	5.07	0.49**	0.34	0.70	0.56**	0.39	0.79	0.26	0.14	0.49
College graduate	5.19**	3.76	7.15	0.30**	0.21	0.42	0.45**	0.32	0.65	0.31	0.17	0.58
Age group (ref: 18–34)
35–49	0.72*	0.57	0.92	1.34	0.94	1.92	1.73*	1.16	2.58	0.78	0.48	1.27
50–64	0.46**	0.37	0.57	1.97**	1.46	2.67	2.89**	2.02	4.14	0.71	0.44	1.14
65–74	0.22**	0.17	0.28	3.16**	2.19	4.55	6.36**	4.36	9.29	0.88	0.51	1.53
75+	0.10**	0.07	0.13	5.34**	3.74	7.63	9.52**	6.29	14.39	1.01	0.54	1.91
Frequency of health care past year (ref: none)
1–2 times	1.27	1.00	1.62	1.53*	1.04	2.24	0.53**	0.38	0.74	0.76	0.48	1.22
3–4 times	1.09	0.83	1.44	2.15**	1.45	3.20	0.51**	0.36	0.73	0.62	0.32	1.18
5 or more	1.00	0.75	1.34	2.47**	1.62	3.78	0.47**	0.33	0.69	0.75	0.42	1.36
Who looking for? (ref: myself)
Someone else	1.52**	1.26	1.84	0.56**	0.43	0.73	1.01	0.79	1.29	0.73	0.46	1.15
Both myself and someone else	0.89	0.75	1.06	0.89	0.71	1.11	1.64**	1.33	2.03	0.86	0.59	1.24
Language preference (ref: English)
Spanish	0.25**	0.14	0.44	3.24**	1.86	5.63	1.39	0.69	2.81	1.38	0.32	5.93

Note: Model statistics are odds ratios. All adjusted models also control for the following variables: health insurance status, having a regular provider, ever having cancer, survey mode collection, survey year. Sub-sample is restricted to participants who report having ever looked for health information.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .001.