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Table 2 Descriptive statistics (unweighted, uncleaned)

From: Social capital and health information seeking in China

Variables

n = 3090

Social-demographic

Age (M/SD)

35.13/11.54

Gender (%)

 Female

61.1%

 Male

38.9%

Education (%)

 Primary school and below

2.2%

 Junior middle school

15.8%

 High school

27.1%

 Junior college

26.1%

 Bachelor degree

23.1%

 Bachelor degree above

5.7%

Marital status (%)

 Currently married

70.6%

 Unmarried

29.4%

Employment (%)

 Employed

74.8%

 Unemployed

25.2%

Personal income (%)

 Less than ¥ 1,500

16.5%

 ¥ 1,500–2,499

13%

 ¥ 2,500–4,999

40.9%

 ¥ 5,000–9,999

23.8%

 ¥ 10,000 and above

5.7%

Chronic diseases (%)

 Have

17.2%

 Do not have

82.8%

Residence (%)

 Rural

50.8%

 Urban

49.2%

Covariates of health information-seeking behavior

Organizations providing health information (%)

  Yes

17.6%

  No

82.4%

Health information discussion frequency (M/SD)

2.52/.83

Trusts in health information (M/SD)

 Internet

2.76/.77

 Traditional media

2.91/.88

 Interpersonal channels

3.86/.77

 Official institutes

3.23/.94

 Information organizations

2.62/.79

Social Capital

Structure

Bonding network (M/SD)

3.20/1.17

 Bridging network (%)

  None

2.8%

  1–4 persons

12.0%

  5–9 persons

37.5%

  10–19 persons

26.7%

  20–49 persons

16.2%

  50–99 persons

4.3%

  100 or more persons

0.6%

Organization memberships (%)

 None

68.3%

 A single organization

16.9%

 Two or more organizations

14.7%

Cognitive

Emotional support (%)

  Yes

85.6%

  No

14.4%

Information support (%)

  Yes

73.5%

  No

26.5%

Health information-seeking behavior

Health information seeking (%)

  Yes

31.3%

  No

68.7%

Cancer information seeking (%)

  Yes

16.9%

  No

83.1%

Health information seeking from the internet (M/SD)

2.12/.70

Health information seeking from traditional media (M/SD)

2.01/.76