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Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic profiles (n = 30)

From: Developing a framework for understanding health information behavior change from avoidance to acquisition: a grounded theory exploration

Variable

Value

Variable

Value

Gender

 

Education Level

 

  Male

9

No formal education

1

  Female

21

High school and below

6

Age (Years)

 

Junior college

6

  18–25

3

Undergraduate

10

  26–45

15

Postgraduate

7

  46–60

9

Occupation

 

  ≥ 61

3

College student

3

Marital Status

 

Corporate employee

10

  Unmarried

8

Medical staff

2

  Married

20

Civil servant

2

  Divorced

1

Researcher

3

  Widowed

1

Retiree

7

Health Status

 

Farmer

3

  In good health

14

Region

 

  With chronic disease

7

Urban

27

  With major disease

3

Rural

3

  Previous major disease

1

  

  Other

5

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