Table 4.
Searching for information related to COVID-19 and related topics on the internet.
| Characteristics | Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | Don′t Know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo) (n = 1426) | 43.8 | 31.1 | 13.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Websites of public bodies (NCOC, provincial health departments) (n = 1415) | 22.2 | 26.5 | 21.1 | 19.4 | 10.8 |
| Wikipedia and other online encyclopedias (n = 1407) | 20.8 | 26.1 | 21.3 | 23.2 | 8.6 |
| Social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) (n = 1415) | 39.9 | 28.9 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 4.8 |
| YouTube (n = 1414) | 39.7 | 29.9 | 15.8 | 11.0 | 3.5 |
| Blogs on health topics (n = 1399) | 18.9 | 29.4 | 21.4 | 23.2 | 7.0 |
| Guidebook communities (n = 1411) | 12.5 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 35.6 | 11.7 |
| Health portals (n = 1405) | 14.2 | 22.8 | 20.5 | 31.1 | 11.5 |
| Websites of doctors/pharmaceutical companies (n = 1404) | 13.7 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 34.6 | 10.9 |
| News portal (e.g., newspapers, TV stations) (n = 1405) | 36.7 | 34.2 | 14.5 | 10.3 | 4.3 |