Table 2.

Factors predicting Internet adoption and withdrawal among middle-aged and older adults by logistic regression.

Factor		Adoption (yes/no)		Withdrawal (yes/no)
		OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Age		0.9 (0.9-0.9)	.001	1.1 (1.0-1.1)	.003
Gender (male/female)		0.8 (0.4-1.3)	.28	0.7 (0.4-1.0)	.07
Educational background
	High/elementary school or below	10.0 (4.9-20.4)	<.001	0.9 (0.4-2.0)	.89
	College or above/elementary school or below	19.4 (7.9-47.1)	<.001	0.5 (0.2-1.1)	.10
Family income/month (NT$)
	30,000-90,000/<30,000	0.9 (0.5-1.7)	.85	0.8 (0.5-1.4)	.39
	>90,000/<30,000	1.0 (0.4-2.4)	.10	0.4 (0.2-0.8)	.008
Digital opportunity (yes/no)
	larger circle of friends	—	—	1.4 (0.9-2.3)	.19
	More job opportunities	—	—	2.0 (1.0-3.9)	.04
	More learning opportunities	—	—	0.8 (0.5-1.3)	.31
	Increased income	—	—	0.5 (0.2-1.4)	.17
	More life information	—	—	0.5 (0.3-0.9)	.01
	Enriched recreation and entertainment	—	—	0.6 (0.4-0.9)	.02
	More government information	—	—	0.8 (0.5-1.2)	.28
	Ability to connect with others who have the same political/policy views	—	—	0.6 (0.3-1.4)	.24
Information literacy (yes/no)
	Know how to apply for a user account and password	—	—	0.4 (0.2-0.6)	<.001
	Know how to use a word processing program	—	—	1.2 (0.8-1.9)	.43
	Know how to upload and download files	—	—	0.6 (0.4-0.9)	.03