Table 1.
Survey-weighted summary characteristics of the 2017 Health Information National Trends Survey respondents in current analyses.
| Variable | n (%) | 95% CI | |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 148 (7.5) | 5.5-9.5 | |
| High school graduate | 467 (22.7) | 20.3-25.1 | |
| Some college | 752 (32.4) | 30.0-34.7 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 697 (22.2) | 20.7-23.6 | |
| Postbaccalaureate degree | 491 (13.9) | 12.6-15.3 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 1568 (63.5) | 61.3-65.8 | |
| Hispanic | 333 (9.2) | 8.1-10.3 | |
| Non-Hispanic African-American | 296 (13.1) | 11.6-14.5 | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 95 (4.4) | 3.7-5.1 | |
| Other | 98 (2.8) | 2.4-3.2 | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 996 (45.6) | 43.8-47.4 | |
| Female | 1580 (53.5) | 51.7-55.3 | |
| Age | |||
| 18-34 years | 280 (21.3) | 18.0-24.5 | |
| 35-49 years | 514 (26.7) | 23.3-30.2 | |
| 50-64 years | 877 (30.0) | 28.0-32.1 | |
| 65-74 years | 563 (11.5) | 10.8-12.1 | |
| ≥75 years | 292 (7.8) | 7.2-8.5 | |
| Income (USD) | |||
| $0-$34,999 | 805 (28.6) | 25.7-31.4 | |
| $35,000-$100,000 | 1125 (44.5) | 41.0-48.1 | |
| ≥$100,000 | 660 (25.8) | 23.1-28.4 | |
| General health | |||
| Poor | 64 (2.4) | 1.4-3.4 | |
| Fair | 410 (14.5) | 12.3-16.7 | |
| Good | 903 (34.1) | 30.5-37.6 | |
| Very good | 944 (37.3) | 33.9-40.8 | |
| Excellent | 266 (10.8) | 8.3-13.4 | |
| Use Internet | |||
| No | 499 (16.4) | 14.5-18.2 | |
| Yes | 2113 (83.6) | 81.8-85.5 | |
| Use Internet at home | |||
| Not applicable | 100 (4.4) | 3.0-5.9 | |
| Never | 482 (16.4) | 14.4-18.3 | |
| Sometimes | 627 (25.2) | 22.6-27.7 | |
| Daily | 1260 (49.8) | 46.7-52.9 | |