Table 1.

Demographics for participants, and comparison of self-report health literacy (HL) and eHealth literacy (EHL) (n = 1081)

	Survey sample	Low HL n = 198	High HL n = 883	HL P-value	Low EHL n = 299	High EHL n = 761	EHL P-value
Age				0.045			0.069
18–29	48%	54%	46%		42%	50%
30–39	40%	38%	40%		44%	38%
40+	13%	8%	14%		13%	12%
Race				<0.0001			0.275
White	73%	67%	75%		76%	72%
Black or African American	12%	10%	21%		9%	13%
Asian/Pacific Islander	6%	12%	4%		5%	6%
Other	9%	11%	9%		10%	9%
Hispanic – Yes	17%	22%	16%	0.052	16%	18%	0.601
Born in the U.S. – Yes	91%	87%	92%	0.043	87%	92%	0.012
English as Primary Language Spoken at Home – Yes	98%	96%	97%	0.205	97%	98%	0.306
Two-parent Household – Yes	81%	77%	81%	0.181	80%	81%	0.725
Married – Yes	70%	68%	70%	0.437	70%	70%	.791
Geographic Area				0.105			.047
City/urban	33%	40%	32%		28%	36%
Suburban	47%	43%	48%		52%	45%
Rural	20%	17%	20%		20%	19%
Education				0.008			0.355
High school or less	18%	20%	18%		21%	17%
Vocational/some college	36%	27%	38%		34%	37%
College graduate or higher	45%	53%	44%		45%	46%
Employment				0.000			0.054
Employed	45%	57%	42%		39%	47%
Homemaker	41%	29%	43%		46%	39%
Other	14%	14%	15%		14%	14%
Household income				0.139			0.349
Less than $20 000	17%	16%	17%		18%	16%
$20 000 to $39 999	23%	23%	23%		24%	23%
$40 000 to $59 999	19%	19%	19%		15%	21%
$60 000 to $79 999	26%	21%	27%		28%	25%
$80 000 or more	14%	20%	12%		13%	14%
Not sure	1%	2%	1%		1%	1%

Note: Bold text indicates significant P-values.