Table 2.
Associations among demographic variables, socioeconomic status, and chronic disease with seeking of web-based information on COVID-19 (N=1501).
| Characteristics | Sought (n=1040), n (%)a | No-sought (n=461), n (%)a | Association | ||||||
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Unadjusted ORb (95% CI) | Adjusted ORc (95% CI) | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||
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Male | 481 (49.6) | 191 (42.9) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Female | 559 (50.4) | 270 (57.1) | 0.82 (0.66-1.03) | 0.83 (0.65-1.06) | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||
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18-39 | 411 (41.4) | 86 (17.8) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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40-59 | 391 (41.4) | 118 (32.4) | 0.69 (0.51-0.95)d | 0.86 (0.60-1.23) | ||||
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≥60 | 238 (17.1) | 257 (49.9) | 0.19 (0.14-0.26)e | 0.40 (0.27-0.61)e | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||||
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Never been married | 290 (30.1) | 63 (13.5) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Married/cohabitating | 702 (64.4) | 351 (69.7) | 0.43 (0.32-0.59)e | 0.90 (0.62-1.30) | ||||
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Divorced/separated/widowed | 48 (5.5) | 47 (16.8) | 0.22 (0.14-0.36)e | 0.65 (0.37-1.15) | ||||
| Education | |||||||||
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Primary or below | 105 (13.2) | 142 (44.3) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Secondary | 597 (47.1) | 267 (41.8) | 3.02 (2.26-4.04)e | 1.55 (1.10-2.18)d | ||||
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Tertiary or above | 338 (39.8) | 52 (13.9) | 8.79 (5.98-12.93)e | 2.98 (1.84-4.81)e | ||||
| Income (HK $)f | |||||||||
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≤10,000 | 304 (28.7) | 215 (55.9) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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10,001-20,000 | 360 (32.3) | 159 (27.4) | 1.60 (1.24-2.07)e | 0.97 (0.69-1.36) | ||||
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20,001-30,000 | 208 (20.6) | 60 (11.0) | 2.45 (1.75-3.43)e | 1.06 (0.69-1.63) | ||||
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>30,000 | 168 (18.4) | 27 (5.7) | 4.40 (2.83-6.85)e | 1.79 (1.04-3.06)d | ||||
| Employment status | |||||||||
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Economically inactive | 293 (27.5) | 227 (57.4) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Economically active | 747 (72.5) | 234 (42.6) | 2.47 (1.97-3.10)e | 1.18 (0.84-1.65) | ||||
| Chronic diseasesg | |||||||||
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Any | 91 (9.5) | 96 (26.7) | 1 | 1 | ||||
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None | 949 (90.5) | 365 (73.3) | 2.74 (2.01-3.74)e | 1.56 (1.11-2.21)d | ||||
aThe proportion weighted by sex, age, and education levels in accordance with the 2016 population by census.
bOR: odds ratio
cMutually adjusted for the variables in the table.
dP<.05.
eP<.001.
fUS $1=HK $7.8.
gSelf-reported by participants if having been diagnosed with a chronic disease (eg, hypertension, diabetes, or cancer).