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Table 3 The associations of covariates and health conditions with the experience that internet is too complicated and hard to learn

From: Health and self-perceived barriers to internet use among older migrants: a population-based study

 

Model 3.1

Model 3.2

 

OR

p

95% CI

OR

p

95% CI

Female

1.27

0.250

0.84

1.92

0.99

0.975

0.60

1.64

Age

1.11

<0.0005

1.10

1.12

1.10

<0.0005

1.09

1.11

Married or cohabiting

0.85

0.329

0.62

1.17

0.78

0.196

0.54

1.13

Good command of Finnish/Swedish

0.58

0.001

0.42

0.80

0.62

0.027

0.40

0.95

Highest education in the country of origin

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

  Vocational education

1.81

<0.0005

1.44

2.26

1.73

0.002

1.22

2.46

  General/No education/Missing

4.04

0.010

1.39

11.75

5.36

0.001

1.91

15.05

Receipt of income support

1.87

0.069

0.95

3.69

1.58

0.243

0.73

3.38

Diagnosed diseases

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

  High blood pressure, hypertension

.

.

.

.

1.44

0.158

0.87

2.41

  Spine deterioration, sciatica or other back problem

.

.

.

.

0.66

0.105

0.40

1.09

  Osteoarthritis, joint deterioration

.

.

.

.

1.53

0.027

1.05

2.22

  Rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatoid disease

.

.

.

.

1.07

0.907

0.34

3.33

  Depression or other mental health problems

.

.

.

.

2.03

0.132

0.81

5.13

  Asthma

.

.

.

.

0.33

0.025

0.12

0.87

  Diabetes

.

.

.

.

0.63

0.047

0.40

0.99

  Memory disorders (Alzheimer's or dementia)

.

.

.

.

8.86

0.060

0.91

85.99

  Cancer

.

.

.

.

0.81

0.663

0.31

2.09

  Other chronic disease or health problem

.

.

.

.

1.27

0.472

0.67

2.41

Depressive symptoms (CES-D)

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

  Yes

.

.

.

.

1.93

0.074

0.94

3.98

  Missing

.

.

.

.

0.50

0.070

0.24

1.06

Self-rated health: average to poor

.

.

.

.

1.02

0.913

0.70

1.49

Memory: poor or very poor

.

.

.

.

0.50

0.103

0.21

1.15

Concentration: poor or very poor

.

.

.

.

0.31

0.048

0.10

0.99

New information and learning: poor or very poor

.

.

.

.

4.53

<0.0005

2.22

9.24

Constant

0.00

<0.0005

0.00

0.00

0.00

<0.0005

0.00

0.00

n

942

908

Pseudo R squared

0.187

0.240

  1. Footnotes:
  2. Cluster-robust variance estimation. Survey weights accounted for
  3. Results with a p-value ≤ 0.05 in bold
  4. OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval