Table 3.
Differences in caregivers’ internet usage by their characteristics.
| Caregivers’ characteristics | Use Internet | Use Internet: Home | Use Internet: Mobile | ||||||||||
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Yes, n (%)a | No, n (%) | Fb | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | F | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | F | ||||
| Age (years) | 8.80 c | 0.34 | 10.96 | ||||||||||
| 18-64 | 212 (86.3) | 39 (13.7) | 192 (91.7) | 18 (8.3) | 193 (96.7) | 16 (3.3) | |||||||
| ≥65 | 83 (59.6) | 40 (40.4) | 70 (87.2) | 11 (12.8) | 52 (68.8) | 22 (31.2) | |||||||
| Education | 5.44 | 1.34 | 3.1 | ||||||||||
| ≤High school | 53 (68.3) | 33 (31.7) | 45 (84.9) | 7 (15.1) | 39 (84.4) | 11 (15.6) | |||||||
| ≥Some college | 247 (83.8) | 46 (16.2) | 220 (92.8) | 23 (7.2) | 211 (95.1) | 26 (4.9) | |||||||
| Rurality | 7.07 | 0.85 | 1.24 | ||||||||||
| Metropolitan | 253 (75.6) | 77 (24.4) | 225 (92.0) | 25 (8.0) | 215 (93.5) | 28 (6.5) | |||||||
| Nonmetropolitan | 50 (90.5) | 11 (9.5) | 42 (85.3) | 6 (14.7) | 37 (85.8) | 10 (14.2) | |||||||
| General health | 2.54 | 5.35 | 2.16 | ||||||||||
| ≥Good | 264 (82.6) | 55 (17.4) | 237 (94.9) | 22 (5.1) | 222 (94.0) | 30 (6.0) | |||||||
| ≤Fair | 39 (63.9) | 29 (36.1) | 30 (67.0) | 9 (33.0) | 30 (81.5) | 8 (18.5) | |||||||
| Distress (PHQ-4d) | 1.36 | 0 | 0.05 | ||||||||||
| Minimal (≤2) | 199 (75.5) | 52 (24.5) | 175 (90.7) | 21 (9.3) | 171 (92.5) | 20 (7.5) | |||||||
| Mild or more (≥3) | 97 (83.0) | 31 (17.0) | 86 (90.7) | 9 (9.3) | 77 (91.7) | 16 (8.3) | |||||||
| Caregiving burden | 1.6 | 0 | 2.81 | ||||||||||
| <5 hours/week | 114 (84.8) | 22 (15.2) | 99 (90.7) | 13 (9.3) | 97 (95.4) | 11 (4.6) | |||||||
| ≥5 hours/week | 177 (78.0) | 51 (22.0) | 158 (91.1) | 16 (8.9) | 144 (90.2) | 26 (9.8) | |||||||
aNumbers may not match with totals reported in Table 2 where data are missing, and percentages are weighted using jackknife weighting.
bAll chi-square tests have degree of freedom (1, 49)—F>4.04, P<.05; F>7.19, P<.01; F>12.37, P<.001.
cComparisons with P<.05 are presented in italics for reference.
dPHQ-4: Patient Health Questionnaire-4.