Table 4.
Descriptive statistics and correlations between study variables (home computer, work computer, public computer, mobile, and health need).
| Predictors | Home computer | Work computer | Public computer | Mobile | Health need | |||||||||
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r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | ||||
| Age (years) | —a | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Sexb | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Whitec | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Blackd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Latinee | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Education | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Home computer | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Work computer | 0.38 | <.001 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Public computer | 0.15 | <.001 | 0.13 | <.001 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Mobile | 0.48 | <.001 | 0.48 | <.001 | 0.21 | <.001 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| Health need | –0.18 | <.001 | –0.23 | <.001 | –0.02 | .14 | –0.20 | <.001 | 1 | — | ||||
| Online health information seeking (OHIS) | 0.41 | <.001 | 0.30 | <.001 | 0.14 | <.001 | 0.46 | <.001 | –0.10 | <.001 | ||||
aNot applicable.
bCoded as female=0 and male=1.
cCoded as non-White=0 and White=1.
dCoded as non-Black=0 and Black=1.
eCoded as non-Latine=0 and Latine=1.