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. 2022 Dec 27;24(12):e41972. doi: 10.2196/41972

Table 2.

Demographic and health-related categorical variables.

Variables Overall, n (%) Access without app, n (%) Access with app, n (%) P value
Participants 2093 (100) 1379 (62.8) 714 (37.2) N/Aa 
Gender .55

Female 1186 (57.3) 769 (56.3) 417 (58.9)

Male 771 (42.7) 512 (43.7) 259 (41.1)
Age group (years) <.001

<65 1411 (82.8) 858 (79.4) 553 (88.5)

≥65 651 (17.2) 497 (20.6) 154 (11.5)
Education .78

Less than high school 36 (1.7) 25 (1.7) 11 (1.6)

High school graduate 195 (14.2) 132 (15.2) 63 (12.5)

Some college 584 (43.2) 377 (42.4) 207 (44.7)

College graduate or more 1240 (40.9) 823 (40.7) 417 (41.1)
Income (US $) .26

<20,000 173 (10.5) 112 (9.6) 61 (12.0)

20,000 to <35,000 169 (8.2) 105 (6.2) 64 (11.6)

35,000 to <50,000 233 (13.5) 174 (14.3) 59 (12.1)

50,000 to <75,000 382 (19.3) 255 (20.5) 127 (17.3)

≥75,000 945 (48.5) 605 (49.4) 340 (47.1)
Health status .86

Poor 36 (2.4) 21 (2.3) 15 (2.6)

Fair 214 (8.9) 143 (9.4) 71 (8.1)

Good 706 (34.3) 462 (35.2) 244 (32.9)

Very good 825 (41.0) 551 (40.0) 274 (42.8)

Excellent 284 (13.3) 182 (13.1) 102 (13.7)
Race and ethnicity .14

Non-Hispanic White 1339 (69.4) 940 (73.4) 399 (62.5)

Non-Hispanic Black or African American 219 (8.6) 132 (8.2) 87 (9.1)

Hispanic 233 (12.9) 113 (9.6) 120 (18.4)

Non-Hispanic Asian 96 (5.4) 56 (5.3) 40 (5.5)

Non-Hispanic other 73 (3.8) 46 (3.4) 27 (4.6)
Chronic disease status (number of diseases) .29

0 804 (40.0) 528 (41.3) 276 (37.8)

1 669 (33.0) 442 (32.8) 227 (33.4)

2 419 (18.6) 277 (17.6) 142 (20.2)

3 149 (5.5) 98 (5.8) 51 (4.8)

4 37 (1.7) 23 (0.9) 14 (3.0)

5 10 (1.3) 7 (1.6) 3 (0.8)
Search health information on the internet .002

No 227 (12.3) 177 (15.1) 50 (7.4)

Yes 1845 (87.7) 1186 (84.9) 659 (92.6)
Insurance status .66

Uninsured 63 (4.9) 41 (4.4) 22 (5.6)
  Insured 2030 (95.1) 1338 (95.6) 692 (94.4)  

aN/A: not applicable.