Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents by frequency of OHIS (online health information seeking).
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Overall (N=5149), n (%) | Infrequent (N=3318), n (%) | Frequent (N=1831), n (%) | P value | ||
| Gender | <.001 | |||||
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Male | 2480 (48.16) | 1664 (50.15) | 816 (44.57) |
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Female | 2669 (51.84) | 1654 (49.85) | 1015 (55.43) |
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| Age | .01 | |||||
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15-45 years | 3015 (58.56) | 1992 (60.04) | 1023 (55.87) |
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46-60 years | 1398 (27.15) | 872 (26.28) | 526 (28.73) |
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>60 years | 736 (14.29) | 454 (13.68) | 282 (15.40) |
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| Marital status | <.001 | |||||
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Single | 963 (18.70) | 669 (20.16) | 294 (16.06) |
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Married | 4186 (81.30) | 2649 (79.84) | 1537 (83.94) |
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| Area | 0.12 | |||||
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Rural | 1156 (22.45) | 767 (23.12) | 389 (21.25) |
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Urban | 3993 (77.55) | 2551 (76.88) | 1442 (78.75) |
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| Education level | <.001 | |||||
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Junior high school or below | 1476 (28.67) | 1029 (31.01) | 447 (24.41) |
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Senior high school | 1547 (30.04) | 996 (30.02) | 551 (30.09) |
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3-year college | 726 (14.10) | 459 (13.83) | 267 (14.58) |
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Bachelor’s or above | 1400 (27.19) | 834 (25.14) | 566 (30.91) |
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| Annual household income per capitaa | <.001 | |||||
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<10k | 578 (11.23) | 406 (12.24) | 172 (9.39) |
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10k-30k | 1600 (31.07) | 1071 (32.28) | 529 (28.89) |
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30k-50k | 1122 (21.79) | 702 (21.16) | 420 (22.94) |
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>50k | 1849 (35.91) | 1139 (34.33) | 710 (38.78) |
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| Employment | .79 | |||||
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Unemployed | 1764 (34.26) | 1141 (34.39) | 623 (34.03) |
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Employed | 3385 (65.74) | 2177 (65.61) | 1208 (65.97) |
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| Types of primary health insurance | .57 | |||||
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UEBMIb | 2331 (45.27) | 1494 (45.03) | 837 (45.71) |
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URBMIc | 2620 (50.88) | 1702 (51.30) | 918 (50.14) |
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Other | 198 (3.85) | 122 (3.68) | 76 (4.15) |
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| Having commercial health insurance | <.001 | |||||
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No | 4051 (78.68) | 2690 (81.07) | 1361 (74.33) |
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Yes | 1098 (21.32) | 628 (18.93) | 470 (25.67) |
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| Having at least 1 chronic disease | .14 | |||||
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No | 4154 (80.68) | 2697 (66.40) | 1457 (79.57) |
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Yes | 995 (19.32) | 621 (57.19) | 374 (20.43) |
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| Reported illness in the past 12 months | .02 | |||||
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No | 4075 (79.14) | 2659 (80.14) | 1416 (77.33) |
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Yes | 1074 (20.86) | 659 (19.86) | 415 (22.67) |
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aIncome is reported in renminbi ¥. RMB ¥1=US $0.15641.
bUEBMI: urban employee basic medical insurance.
cURBMI: urban-rural resident basic medical insurance.