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Table 3 Binary logistic regression and multiple linear regression of health information-seeking behavior (weighted, cleaned)

From: Social capital and health information seeking in China

Variables

Health information seeking

Cancer information seeking

Seeking from the internet

Seeking from traditional media

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

  1. ***P ≤ 0.001
  2. **P ≤ 0.01
  3. *P ≤ 0.05