Table 2.
Multilevel regression analyses of mobile health information seeking.
Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
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β (SE) | P value | β (SE) | P value | ||
Intercept | –.02 (.15) | .06 (.07) | .09 | –.08 (.05) | .07 | ||
Individual level | |||||||
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Gender | ||||||
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Woman | —a | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
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Man | — | –.13 (.02) | <.001 | –.13 (.02) | <.001 |
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Age | — | –.01 (.01) | .13 | .01 (.01) | .11 | |
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Marital status | ||||||
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Single, divorced, separated, or widowed | — | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
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Married | — | -.004 (.02) | .42 | –.004 (.02) | .41 |
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Education | ||||||
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High school or less | — | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
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College or university | — | .02 (.03) | .14 | .02 (.02) | .13 |
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Graduate school or more | — | .08 (.02) | .004 | .07 (.03) | .009 |
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Monthly income | — | -.02 (.01) | .06 | -.02 (.01) | .06 | |
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Subjective SESb | — | .08 (.01) | <.001 | .08 (.01) | <.001 | |
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Employment | ||||||
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Unemployed | — | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
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Employed | — | .08 (.02) | <.001 | .08 (.02) | .002 |
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Parental status | ||||||
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No children | — | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
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Have at least one child | — | .16 (.02) | <.001 | .16 (.02) | <.001 |
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Concern with online information quality | — | –.04 (.01) | <.001 | –.04 (.01) | <.001 | |
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Technology innovativeness | — | .11 (.01) | <.001 | .10 (.01) | <.001 | |
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Frequency of smartphone use | — | .42 (.01) | <.001 | .42 (.01) | <.001 | |
Country level | |||||||
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IDIc | — | — | — | .06 (.09) | .26 | |
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CHEd | — | — | — | –.19 (.09) | .02 | |
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GINIe | — | — | — | –.03 (.05) | .22 |
aNot included in model.
bSES: socioeconomic status.
cIDI: Information Communications Technology Development Index.
dCHE: current health expenditure per capita (purchasing power parity, 2017).
eGINI: Gini index (World Bank estimate).