Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of cancer survivors overall and by internet use in the pooled sample

Characteristic	Total (n = 4756)a	Internet users (n = 2857)	Non-internet users (n = 1887)	p value
Age				< 0.001
18–49	654 (18.7)	526 (23.5)	128 (10.3)
50–64	1467 (32.5)	1098 (39.3)	366 (20.7)
65+	2562 (47.3)	1200 (35.8)	1354 (67.3)
Missing	73 (1.5)	33 (1.4)	39 (1.8)
Gender				0.876
Male	1749 (41.4)	1080 (41.1)	665 (42.0)
Female	2962 (58.6)	1751 (58.9)	1204 (58.0)
Race/ethnicity				< 0.001
Hispanic	252 (5.7)	125 (4.6)	126 (7.8)
NH White	3629 (76.1)	2295 (80.2)	1328 (69.1)
NH Black	330 (6.6)	170 (5.5)	160 (8.5)
Other	196 (4.0)	106 (3.8)	88 (4.2)
Missing	349 (7.6)	161 (6.0)	185 (10.4)
Education				< 0.001
High school or less	1668 (40.0)	586 (25.7)	1077 (64.9)
Some college	1349 (30.1)	888 (35.1)	457 (21.3)
Bachelor’s or more	1631 (27.4)	1346 (37.8)	284 (9.4)
Missing	108 (2.6)	37 (1.5)	69 (4.4)
Metro status				< 0.001
Metro area	3857 (81.3)	2410 (84.3)	1436 (76.1)
Non-metro area	899 (18.7)	447 (15.7)	451 (23.9)
General health				< 0.001
Excellent/very good/good	3484 (72.0)	2306 (79.9)	1172 (58.4)
Fair/poor	1186 (26.2)	519 (19.1)	662 (38.4)
Missing	86 (1.8)	32 (1.0)	53 (3.2)
Insurance				< 0.001
Insured	4443 (93.0)	2693 (94.4)	1740 (90.6)
Not insured	213 (4.9)	120 (4.1)	92 (6.3)
Missing	100 (2.1)	44 (1.5)	55 (3.2)
Time since diagnosis				0.034
Less than 1 year	573 (13.0)	350 (12.8)	222 (13.3)
2–5 years	1104 (23.8)	706 (25.3)	397 (21.2)
6–10 years	902 (18.3)	544 (18.3)	357 (18.4)
11 or more years	1988 (40.5)	1173 (40.0)	807 (41.1)
Missing	189 (4.5)	84 (3.5)	104 (6.1)

^aThere were 12 cancer survivors who did not indicate whether or not they used the internet. Their results were only included in the total column