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. 2018 May 3;20(5):e165. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7299

Table 3.

Sociodemographic and clinical data of participants by group of electronic health (eHealth) user.

Sociodemographic and clinical data Rare users (N=9541), n (%) Normal users (N=3538), n (%) Super users (N=921), n (%) Chi-square (degrees of freedom); P value
Age groups (years)




16-24 1645 (17.24) 932 ( 26.35) 200 (21.6) 209.1 (4); <.001

25-54 6031 (63.21) 2169 (61.32) 508 (55.1)

55-74 1861 (19.54) 436 (12.32) 214 (23.2)
Gender




Male 4896 (51.31) 1859 (52.54) 456 (49.4) 3213 (2); .20

Female 4645 (48.68) 1679 (47.45) 466 (50.6)
Educational level




Primary or lower secondary education (international standard classification of education, ISCED 3 or 4) 1415 (14.83) 529 (14.83) 184 (19.9) 45.2 (2); <.001

Upper secondary education (ISCED 3 or 4) 4306 (45.13) 1670 (47.18) 464 (50.3)

Tertiary education (ISCED 5 or 6) 3819 (40.03) 1340 (37.86) 274 (29.8)
Occupation




Employed or self-employed (including family workers) 5644 (59.16) 2091 (59.10) 454 (49.3) 131.2 (6); <.001

Unemployed 892 (9.35) 315 (8.90) 128 (13.9)

Student (not in the workforce) 1239 (12.98) 642 (18.14) 126 (13.7)

Other not in the workforce (eg, retired or inactive) 1765 (18.50) 490 (13.84) 213 (23.7)
Type of locality




Densely populated area (cities and large towns) 3660 (38.36) 1469 (41.52) 338 (36.7) 48.6 (2); <.001

Intermediate area (towns) 3609 (37.82) 1423 (40.22) 375 (40.7)

Thinly populated area (village and rural) 2272 (23.81) 646 (18.25) 208 (22.6)
Presence of long-standing illness or health problem

Yes 3819 (40.02) 1473 (41.63) 364 (39.5) 4566 (2); .10

No 5422 (56.82) 1918 (54.21) 510 (55.4)
Long-term medical treatment




Yes 3197 (33.50) 1228 (34.71) 307 (33.3) 2146 (2); .34

No 6269 (65.70) 2266 (64.05) 596 (64.7)
Comorbidities




No health problem 5317 (55.72) 1690 (47.76) 565 (61.3) 156.8 (4); .001

One health problem 2122 (22.24) 722 (20.4) 167 (18.2)

Two or more health problems 2101 (22.02) 1126 (31.82) 189 (20.5)