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Table 2 Pattern Internet Access and Use

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

      

.156

Yes

440

84.0%

173

81.2%

267

85.9%

 

No

84

16.0%

40

18.8%

44

14.1%

 

2. Frequency of internet use

      

.192

Frequently

120

23.1%

54

25.8%

66

21.3%

 

Regularly

108

20.9%

50

23.9%

58

18.8%

 

Occasionally

218

42.1%

79

37.8%

139

45.0%

 

Rarely

72

13.9%

26

12.5%

46

14.9%

 

3. Internet services used by students

      

.219

Personal

108

22.0%

43

21.7%

65

22.1%

 

Academic

84

17.0%

27

13.6%

57

19.4%

 

Both

300

61.0%

128

64.7%

172

58.5%

 

4. Place of internet use

      

.000

Café

34

6.6%

23

11.1%

11

3.6%

 

Home

363

70.5%

121

58.5%

242

78.6%

 

Library

107

20.8%

58

28.0%

49

15.9%

 

Other

11

2.1%

5

2.4%

6

1.9%

 

5. Search engines used

      

.526

Google

450

88.9%

187

89.9%

263

88.3%

 

Yahoo

45

8.9%

15

7.2%

30

10.1%

 

Others

11

2.2%

6

2.9%

5

1.6%

 

6. Ability to search Pubmed/pakmedinet for article

      

.014

Yes

166

34.0%

82

40.2%

84

29.5%

 

No

323

66.0%

122

59.8%

201

70.5%

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