Table 1 Characteristics of Chinese college students and online health information-seeking approaches
From: Online health information-seeking behaviors and skills of Chinese college students
| Â | Total | Seeking via | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1203 | Websites (n = 244) | WeChat (n = 31) | Both (n = 928) | ||
Age (year) # | 20.6 ± 3.3 | 20.3 ± 2.5 | 18.4 ± 4.2 | 20.7 ± 3.5 | |
Sex | Male | 479 (39.8) | 103 (42.2) | 17 (54.8) | 359 (38.7) |
Female | 724 (60.2) | 141 (57.8) | 14 (45.2) | 569 (61.3) | |
Degree | Undergraduate | 1169 (97.2) | 235 (96.3) | 30 (96.8) | 90 (97.4) |
Postgraduate | 34 (2.8) | 9 (3.7) | 1 (3.2) | 24 (2.6) | |
Hometown & | Guangdong | 1020 (84.8) | 199 (81.6) | 21 (67.7) | 800 (86.2) |
Non-Guangdong | 183 (15.2) | 45 (18.4) | 10 (32.3) | 128 (13.8) | |