Table 5.
Comparison of different values for the trust, frequency and usefulness of the internet health information source
| Values | Total | Trust | Frequency | Usefulness | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 361 | 127 (35.2) | 53 (14.7) | 60 (16.6) | |
| Female | 291 | 92 (31.6) | 44 (15.1) | 43 (14.8) | |
| χ2 | 0.92 | 0.03 | 0.41 | ||
| P values | 0.35 | 0.91 | 0.59 | ||
| Age, years | |||||
| <45 | 124 | 75 (60.5) | 49 (39.5) | 47 (37.9) | |
| 45~ | 258 | 75 (29.1) | 30 (11.6) | 34 (13.2) | |
| >60 | 270 | 69 (25.6) | 18 (6.7) | 22 (8.1) | |
| χ2 | 50.38 | 75.97 | 58.76 | ||
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Educational level | |||||
| Primary school or lower | 314 | 58 (18.5) | 15 (4.8) | 13 (4.1) | |
| Junior school | 204 | 73 (35.8) | 29 (14.2) | 33 (16.2) | |
| High school or polytechnic school | 91 | 57 (62.6) | 32 (35.2) | 35 (38.5) | |
| College or higher | 43 | 31 (72.1) | 21 (48.8) | 22 (51.2) | |
| χ2 | 95.61 | 94.10 | 107.67 | ||
| P values | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Agriculture-based primary industry | 425 | 105 (24.7) | 31 (7.3) | 37 (8.7) | |
| Manufacturing-based secondary industry | 141 | 74 (52.5) | 36 (25.5) | 37 (26.2) | |
| Service-based tertiary industry | 24 | 14 (58.3) | 15 (62.5) | 12 (50.0) | |
| Other (students or retired) | 62 | 26 (41.9) | 15 (24.2) | 17 (27.4) | |
| χ2 | 46.12 | 79.17 | 55.03 | ||
| P values | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Marriage | |||||
| Single living | 33 | 13 (39.4) | 6 (18.2) | 8 (24.2) | |
| Non-single living | 619 | 206 (33.3) | 91 (14.7) | 95 (15.3) | |
| χ2 | 0.53 | 0.30 | 1.86 | ||
| P values | 0.47 | 0.61 | 0.22 | ||
| Health status | |||||
| Excellent | 54 | 28 (51.9) | 18 (33.3) | 16 (29.6) | |
| Good | 322 | 130 (40.4) | 65 (20.2) | 69 (21.4) | |
| Fair | 252 | 58 (23.0) | 13 (5.2) | 18 (7.1) | |
| Poor | 24 | 3 (12.5) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0) | |
| χ2 | 32.13 | 42.66 | 34.14 | ||
| P values | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |