Health information seeking on the Internet: a double divide? Results from a representative survey in the Paris metropolitan area, France, 2005–2006

Table 1 Internet access: multivariate logistic regression (Number of observations = 3023)

	% of sample	aOR*	95% CI	P**
Gender				0.761
Men	47.1	1	-
Women	52.9	0.96	0.74–1.25
Age group (years)				< 0.0001
> 59	22.5	1	-
45–59	23.7	4.49	2.83–7.12
30–44	30.4	11.72	7.16–19.19
< 30	23.4	23.99	13.33–43.16
Level of education				< 0.0001
None/Primary	9.7	1	-
Secondary	38.9	3.31	2.08–5.29
Postsecondary	51.4	14.99	9.10–24.71
Monthly household income (€/CU)				< 0.0001
1^st quartile	25.0	1	-
2^nd quartile	25.9	1.55	1.12–2.16
3^rd quartile	24.2	2.78	1.82–4.25
4^th quartile	24.9	3.45	2.14–5.58
Occupational status				< 0.0001
Active	65.9	1	-
Inactive	27.2	0.41	0.27–0.61
Student	6.9	3.57	1.02–12.63
Nationality				0.002
French/French parents	68.4	1	-
French/Foreign parents	17.7	0.79	0.56–1.13
Foreign	13.9	0.49	0.33–0.72
Perception of having financial difficulties				0.008
No	55.0	1	-
Yes	45.0	0.68	0.51–0.90
Difficulty reading French				< 0.0001
No	91.8	1	-
Yes	8.2	0.26	0.16–0.43
Social integration				< 0.0001
Isolated	16.7	1	-
Helped	6.2	1.33	0.73–2.43
Integrated	77.1	2.60	1.89–3.59
Current health problem(s)				0.036
No	30.3	1	-
Yes	69.7	0.72	0.53–0.98

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