From: Social capital and health information seeking in China
Variables | Health information seeking | Cancer information seeking | Seeking from the internet | Seeking from traditional media |
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Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
Social-demographic | ||||
 Age | 1.020*** (1.008,1.032) | .996 (.983,1.010) | -.009*** | .014*** |
 Gender(male) | 1.117 (.937,1.330) | 1.203 (.974,1.486) | -.060* | -.027 |
 Education | .990 (.904,1.083) | .894* (.803,1.022) | .054*** | .009 |
 Marital status(married) | 1.147 (.899,1.480) | .887 (.659,.1.194) | -.007 | -.028 |
 Employment(employed) | .773 (.579,1.033) | 1.458* (1.021, 2.084) | .047 | -.032 |
 Personal income | .970 (.908,1.037) | .890** (.822,.964) | -.007 | -.001 |
 Chronic diseases(have) | 1.859*** (1.485,2.326) | 1.517** (1.170, 1.968) | .079* | .122*** |
 Urban or rural(urban) | 1.489*** (1.237,1.792) | 1.411** (1.128,1.766) | .136*** | .160*** |
Covariates of health information-seeking behavior | ||||
 Organizations providing health information | 1.522*** (1.173,1.974) | 2.208*** (1.654,2.946) | .068 | .093* |
 Health information discussion frequency | 1.614*** (1.433,1.827) | 1.816** (1.566,2.105) | .079*** | .098*** |
Trusts in health information | ||||
 Internet | 1.710*** (1.447, 2.021) | 1.473*** (1.209,1.795) | .288*** | .054* |
 Traditional media | 1.090 (.954,1.245) | 1.370*** (1.167,1.609) | .078*** | .286*** |
 Interpersonal channels | 1.204** (1.055,1.375) | 1.046 (.894, 1.224) | -.023 | -.044* |
 Official institutes | 1.127* (1.002,1.267) | 1.096 (.952, 1.262) | .045** | .015 |
 Informal organizations | .753*** (.646,.877) | .729*** (.610,.871) | -.103*** | -.024 |
Social capital | ||||
 Structural | ||||
  Bonding networks | 1.061 (.981,1.147) | 1.091 (.994, 1.197) | .001 | .002 |
  Bridging networks | 1.041 (.965,1.122) | 1.014 (.927,1.110) | .048*** | .050*** |
  Organization memberships | 1.121 (.973,1.292) | 1.221* (1.038,1.434) | .084*** | .063** |
 Cognitive | ||||
  Emotional support | .657*** (.511,.845) | .613*** (.460,.818) | -.106** | -.092** |
  Information support | 1.564*** (1.233,1.983) | 1.091 (.814,1.461) | .012 | -.033 |
  R2adjusted |  |  | .190 | .241 |