Table 1.
Demographic, health, and social network usage characteristics of HINTS 5 cycle 1 and 2 participants.
| Variables | Mammogram | Pap smear | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||
| Age group | <40 | - | - | - | 29.93 | 27.77 | 32.09 |
| 40-49 | 32.43 | 30.17 | 34.69 | 22.72 | 20.75 | 24.69 | |
| 50-59 | 34.08 | 32.21 | 35.95 | 23.88 | 22.42 | 25.34 | |
| 60+ | 33.49 | 32.38 | 34.60 | 23.47 | 22.89 | 24.04 | |
| White | Yes | 79.19 | 77.33 | 81.06 | 78.85 | 77.32 | 80.38 |
| No | 20.81 | 18.94 | 22.67 | 21.15 | 19.62 | 22.68 | |
| Married | Yes | 61.32 | 58.96 | 63.67 | 55.75 | 54.30 | 57.19 |
| No | 38.68 | 36.33 | 41.04 | 44.25 | 42.81 | 45.70 | |
| Employment | Yes | 56.32 | 53.72 | 58.91 | 58.29 | 55.67 | 60.92 |
| No | 43.68 | 41.09 | 46.28 | 41.71 | 39.08 | 44.33 | |
| Education | Less than High School | 6.40 | 5.11 | 7.69 | 5.99 | 4.86 | 7.13 |
| High School Graduate | 23.92 | 21.64 | 26.19 | 20.89 | 19.47 | 22.31 | |
| Some College | 38.99 | 36.87 | 41.12 | 36.35 | 35.01 | 37.68 | |
| College Graduate or More | 30.69 | 28.88 | 32.51 | 36.77 | 35.95 | 37.59 | |
| Household income | Less than $20,000 | 16.25 | 14.27 | 18.23 | 18.02 | 15.50 | 20.53 |
| $20,000 to < $35,000 | 12.04 | 9.49 | 14.58 | 12.17 | 10.12 | 14.21 | |
| $35,000 to < $50,000 | 13.75 | 11.63 | 15.87 | 13.35 | 11.48 | 15.22 | |
| $50,000 to < $75,000 | 17.62 | 15.61 | 19.63 | 17.66 | 15.68 | 19.64 | |
| $75,000 or More | 40.34 | 37.64 | 43.05 | 38.81 | 36.38 | 41.25 | |
| Health Insurance | Yes | 94.57 | 93.08 | 96.07 | 93.28 | 91.59 | 94.98 |
| No | 5.43 | 3.94 | 6.92 | 6.72 | 5.02 | 8.41 | |
| General Health | Excellent/Very good | 48.46 | 45.66 | 51.26 | 51.26 | 48.66 | 53.86 |
| Good | 34.78 | 31.84 | 37.72 | 32.92 | 30.21 | 35.64 | |
| Fair/Poor | 16.76 | 14.88 | 18.63 | 15.82 | 14.12 | 17.52 | |
| Regular Provider | Yes | 73.35 | 71.26 | 75.45 | 68.53 | 66.43 | 70.64 |
| No | 26.65 | 24.55 | 28.74 | 31.47 | 29.36 | 33.57 | |
| Family with cancer | Yes | 77.47 | 74.97 | 79.98 | 77.52 | 75.40 | 79.65 |
| No | 22.53 | 20.02 | 25.03 | 22.48 | 20.35 | 24.60 | |
| Census region | Northeast | 18.90 | 16.31 | 21.49 | 18.79 | 16.90 | 20.67 |
| Midwest | 20.12 | 17.87 | 22.38 | 19.99 | 17.91 | 22.07 | |
| South | 39.94 | 36.96 | 42.92 | 38.36 | 36.12 | 40.61 | |
| West | 21.03 | 18.40 | 23.67 | 22.86 | 20.84 | 24.87 | |
| Compliance with pap smear screening | Yes | - | - | - | 84.21 | 82.33 | 86.10 |
| No | - | - | - | 15.79 | 13.90 | 17.67 | |
| Compliance with mammogram screening | Yes | 67.56 | 65.13 | 69.98 | - | - | - |
| No | 32.44 | 30.02 | 34.87 | - | - | - | |
| During last 12 months | |||||||
| Used internet to visit a social networking site | Yes | 71.09 | 68.23 | 73.95 | 76.90 | 74.69 | 79.12 |
| No | 28.91 | 26.05 | 31.77 | 23.10 | 20.88 | 25.31 | |
| Used internet to share health information on social networking site | Yes | 17.46 | 14.97 | 19.95 | 20.29 | 18.17 | 22.41 |
| No | 82.54 | 80.05 | 85.03 | 79.71 | 77.59 | 81.83 | |
| Used internet to participate in a forum support group for medical issue | Yes | 8.07 | 6.48 | 9.66 | 9.41 | 8.21 | 10.62 |
| No | 91.93 | 90.34 | 93.52 | 90.59 | 89.38 | 91.79 | |
| Used internet to watch a health-related video on YouTube | Yes | 30.85 | 28.09 | 33.62 | 36.44 | 34.11 | 38.78 |
| No | 69.15 | 66.38 | 71.91 | 63.56 | 61.22 | 65.89 | |