From: Evaluation of internet access and utilization by medical students in Lahore, Pakistan
Item | Total | Male | Female | P Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | % | n | % | n | % |  |
1. Experience with internet use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | .156 |
Yes | 440 | 84.0% | 173 | 81.2% | 267 | 85.9% | Â |
No | 84 | 16.0% | 40 | 18.8% | 44 | 14.1% | Â |
2. Frequency of internet use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | .192 |
Frequently | 120 | 23.1% | 54 | 25.8% | 66 | 21.3% | Â |
Regularly | 108 | 20.9% | 50 | 23.9% | 58 | 18.8% | Â |
Occasionally | 218 | 42.1% | 79 | 37.8% | 139 | 45.0% | Â |
Rarely | 72 | 13.9% | 26 | 12.5% | 46 | 14.9% | Â |
3. Internet services used by students | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | .219 |
Personal | 108 | 22.0% | 43 | 21.7% | 65 | 22.1% | Â |
Academic | 84 | 17.0% | 27 | 13.6% | 57 | 19.4% | Â |
Both | 300 | 61.0% | 128 | 64.7% | 172 | 58.5% | Â |
4. Place of internet use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | .000 |
Café | 34 | 6.6% | 23 | 11.1% | 11 | 3.6% |  |
Home | 363 | 70.5% | 121 | 58.5% | 242 | 78.6% | Â |
Library | 107 | 20.8% | 58 | 28.0% | 49 | 15.9% | Â |
Other | 11 | 2.1% | 5 | 2.4% | 6 | 1.9% | Â |
5. Search engines used | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | .526 |
450 | 88.9% | 187 | 89.9% | 263 | 88.3% | Â | |
Yahoo | 45 | 8.9% | 15 | 7.2% | 30 | 10.1% | Â |
Others | 11 | 2.2% | 6 | 2.9% | 5 | 1.6% | Â |
6. Ability to search Pubmed/pakmedinet for article | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | .014 |
Yes | 166 | 34.0% | 82 | 40.2% | 84 | 29.5% | Â |
No | 323 | 66.0% | 122 | 59.8% | 201 | 70.5% | Â |