Table 2.
Candidate predictors of digital health seeking (N = 1287)
| Characteristic | n | % | Characteristic | n | % | Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographics | Sociodemographics (cont) | Lifetime substance use | ||||||
| Study location | Employment status | Problematic/binge drinking, past 4 months | 512 | 39.8 | ||||
| Los Angeles | 752 | 58.4 | Employed | 575 | 44.7 | Smoking, 4 months or longer | 517 | 40.2 |
| New Orleans | 535 | 41.6 | Unemployed | 368 | 28.6 | Marijuana use | 1146 | 89.0 |
| Age group | Student | 344 | 26.7 | Use of any drug, excluding marijuana | 798 | 62.0 | ||
| 14–18 years | 187 | 14.5 | Below federal poverty level | 914 | 71.0 | Polydrug use, excluding marijuana | 594 | 46.2 |
| 19–21 years | 538 | 41.8 | Support services, past 4 months | 660 | 51.3 | |||
| 22–24 years | 562 | 43.7 | Homeless, past four months | 626 | 48.6 | Traumatic events over lifetime | ||
| Race/ethnicity | Incarceration, lifetime | 324 | 25.2 | Forced do something sexually as a child | 399 | 31.0 | ||
| Black or African American | 577 | 44.8 | Force or threats to attack/rob you | 393 | 30.5 | |||
| Latinx | 377 | 29.3 | Current health insurance status | Seen someone seriously injured or kill | 632 | 49.1 | ||
| White | 249 | 19.3 | Medicaid | 505 | 39.3 | Close friend or family member murdered | 544 | 42.3 |
| Asian/HPI/NA/AN | 68 | 5.3 | Medicare | 109 | 8.5 | Forced sexual act someone 5+ years older | 387 | 30.1 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 13 | 1.0 | Private | 327 | 25.4 | Intimate partner violence | 476 | 37.0 |
| Refusal/non-response | 3 | 0.2 | Other type/uncertain of type | 26 | 2.0 | |||
| Sex at birth | Uninsured | 219 | 17.0 | Mental health, past 2 weeks | ||||
| Male | 1041 | 80.9 | Unsure of insurance status | 100 | 7.8 | Probable anxiety (GAD-7 > 7) | 499 | 38.8 |
| Female | 246 | 19.1 | Moderate/severe depression (PHQ-9 > 9) | 409 | 31.8 | |||
| Gender identity | Lifetime healthcare utilization | Suicide attempt(s), lifetime | 437 | 34.0 | ||||
| Cisgender man | 934 | 72.6 | HIV prevention programs | 272 | 21.1 | |||
| Cisgender woman | 183 | 14.2 | Hospitalization, mental health | 381 | 29.6 | |||
| Transgender woman | 107 | 8.3 | Outpatient care, mental health | 548 | 62.6 | |||
| Transgender man | 63 | 4.9 | Substance use treatment | 261 | 20.3 | |||
| Sexual orientation | PrEP use | 175 | 13.6 | |||||
| Gay or lesbian | 508 | 39.5 | PEP use | 59 | 4.6 | |||
| Bisexual | 307 | 23.9 | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 350 | 27.2 | Lifetime sexual behavior | |||||
| Other sexual orientation | 122 | 9.5 | Number of partners | |||||
| Education level | 0–2 | 298 | 23.2 | |||||
| Below high school (HS) | 288 | 22.4 | 3–10 | 468 | 36.4 | |||
| HS diploma/equivalent | 328 | 25.5 | More than 10 | 521 | 40.5 | |||
| Some higher education | 547 | 42.5 | 100% condom use | 234 | 19.6 | |||
| Completed higher education | 124 | 9.6 | Sex exchange | 323 | 25.1 |
GNC gender nonconforming