Table 4.

Summary of hierarchical multiple regression analysis for variables predicting older adults’ online health information–seeking behavior (n=587).

Predictors		Step 1				Step 2
		Ba	SE Bb	βc	P value		B	SE B	β	P value
Step 1
	Age	–0.033	0.005	–0.236	<.001		–0.029	0.006	–0.208	<.001
	Gender	–0.281	0.085	–0.131	.001		–0.323	0.085	–0.151	<.001
	Education	0.270	0.087	0.126	.002		0.199	0.088	0.093	.03
	Place of residence	0.184	0.096	0.076	.05		0.155	0.096	0.064	.11
	Health status	0.102	0.050	0.081	.04		0.068	0.051	0.054	.18
Step 2
	Sociable Adventurer (dummy)	N/Ad	N/A	N/A	N/A		0.439	0.132	0.186	.001
	Average Family Person (dummy)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		0.341	0.114	0.16	.003

^aB: unstandardized regression coefficient.

^bSE B: standard error for unstandardized regression coefficient.

^cβ: standardized regression coefficient.

^dN/A: not applicable.