Associations of internet access with social integration, wellbeing and physical activity among adults in deprived communities: evidence from a household survey

Table 5 Internet access and wellbeing

	Positive outcome (%)	OR (95% CI) unadjusted	OR (95% CI) adjusted for covariates^a
Rarely/never feel lonely (N = 3746)
No internet	56.2	1.00	1.00
Only mobile access	58.5	1.10 (0.90, 1.34)	0.96 (0.76, 1.23)
Mobile & other access	71.5	1.96 (1.66, 2.31)	1.46 (1.18, 1.82)
No mobile access	69.6	1.78 (1.46, 2.19)	1.66 (1.33, 2.07)
	Mean (SD) score	Difference (95% CI) unadjusted	Difference (95% CI) adjusted for covariates^a
WEMWBS score (N = 3704)
No internet	47.4 (10.8)	0.00	0.00
Only mobile access	51.1 (11.3)	3.70 (2.62, 4.77)	1.35 (0.23, 2.46)
Mobile & other access	53.8 (10.4)	6.37 (5.53, 7.20)	2.62 (1.64, 3.61)
No mobile access	51.0 (10.4)	3.59 (2.56, 4.62)	2.16 (1.17, 3.16)

^aGender, age group, household type, employment status, educational qualification, migrant status, housing tenure, long standing illness or disability

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