From: Use of the internet as a source of health information by Spanish adolescents
N (%) | ||
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Where do you usually access the Internet? (Multiple choice) | Home | 666 (93,5%) |
School | 202 (28,4%) | |
Cultural or leisure centres | 23 (3,2%) | |
Cybercafé | 100 (14%) | |
Mobile phone | 26 (3,7%) | |
Other places | 52 (7,3%) | |
What do you usually use the Internet for? (Multiple choice) | Leisure, music, games | 642 (90%) |
School work | 620 (87%) | |
Searching for information | 564 (79,1%) | |
Shopping | 47 (6,6%) | |
Courses | 32 (4,5%) | |
519 (72,8%) | ||
Chat (e.g. messenger), forums | 568 (79,7%) | |
Others | 49 (6,9%) | |
Why do you look for health information in the internet? (Multiple choice) | It is free | 24 (5,6%) |
It is quick | 63 (14,7%) | |
It is confidential | 45 (10,5%) | |
It is easy | 158 (36,9%) | |
There are a lot of information | 93 (21,7%) | |
To have different opinions | 34 (7,9%) | |
Others | 11 (2,6%) | |
¿How do you look for health information? (Multiple choice) | Internet searcher | 444 (97,6%) |
Family/friends | 167 (36,7%) | |
Physicians | 39 (8,6%) | |
News paper, media | 228 (50,1%) | |
Links of websites | 207 (45,5%) | |
Others | 17 (3,7%) | |
¿Whom do you look health information for? (Multiple choice) | Yourself | 434 (95,6%) |
Family | 182 (40%) | |
Classmates or friends | 142 (31,2%) | |
Others | 28 (6,2%) |