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Table 2 Summary of the main variables (n = 811).

From: Use of the internet as a source of health information by Spanish adolescents

  

N (%)

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%)

 

E-mail

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%)