Factors affecting compliance with use of online healthcare services among adults in Israel

Table 1 Sample distribution and OHS usage by socio-demographic and other variables

	All sample (N=703) %	Gender		Age			Religion		Education		Income		Marital status			HMO				Employment status
	All sample (N=703) %	Women (N = 410)	Men (N=293)	45-59 (N=307)	60-69 (N=215)	70^a (N=181)	Jewish (N=579)	Other (N=124)	Less than 12 (N=125)	12 and more (N=575)	Under average (N = 311)	Average and more (N = 296)	Lives alone (N=126)	Lives with a partner (N = 238)	Lives with family (N=332)	Clalit (N = 442)	Macc-abi (N=136)	Leu-mit (N=53)	Meuh-edet (N = 68)	Works (N=317)	Do not work (N=385)
Sample distribution	100	58	42	44	30	26	82	18	18	82	51	49	18	34	48	63	20	7	10	45	55
Percentage of Internet users, out of sample^a	59	53	56	63***	56	38	58***	36	14***	63	37***	71	49	53	58	48***	75	42	63	68***	43
Percentage of users of The HMO’s website for administrative information, out of Internet users^b	67	69	64	64	67	75	70**	53	50*	68	58**	69	70**	75	61	45*	51	44	39	63**	72
Percentage of users of The HMO’s website for consultation, out of Internet users	17	18	16	17	18	15	16**	29	21	17	15	19	15	19	16	17	20	11	15	16	19
Percentage of users of Forums for medical information, out of Internet users	46	51**	39	48	42	44	47	39	29	46	39*	49	41	46	47	66	76	59	57	48	43

*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
^a The statistical significance measures in row 3 the differences between percentages of Internet users by socio-demographic and other variable
^b The statistical significance measures in rows 4–6 the difference between percentages of users of each online service, out of Internet users, by variables

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