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Table 3 Internet patterns among Finnish and Greek current Internet users
| Internet patterns | Internet users | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Total N = 144 Ν (%) | Finnish group n = 111 a n (%) | Greek group n = 33 a n (%) | P - value |
| Location of Internet access:b | ||||
| Home | 133 (92) | 106 (95) | 27 (82) | 0.02 |
| Apartment complex | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | – |
| Family/friend’s house | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | – |
| Library | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | – |
| Other | 6 (4) | 0 (0) | 6 (18) | <.0001 |
| Email address: | 0.28 | |||
| Yes | 133 (92) | 104 (94) | 29 (88) | |
| No | 11 (8) | 7 (6) | 4 (12) | |
| Frequency of Internet use: | 0.03 | |||
| At least once a day | 108 (75) | 85 (77) | 23 (70) | |
| Every few days | 15 (10) | 9 (8) | 6 (18) | |
| Once a week | 8 (6) | 7 (6) | 1 (3) | |
| A few times a month | 11 (8) | 9 (8) | 2 (6) | |
| Once a month or less | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (3) | |
| Reasons of Internet use: | ||||
| Research health-related information | 81 (56) | 61 (55) | 20 (61) | 0.57 |
| Communicate with health professionals about health-related issues | 9 (6) | 5 (4) | 4 (12) | 0.21 |
| Communicate with other users about health-related issues | 15 (10) | 10 (9) | 5 (15) | 0.34 |
| Internet use for health-related purposesc | 81 (56) | 61 (55) | 20 (61) | 0.56 |
| Research information about other topics or issues of interest to me | 128 (89) | 98 (88) | 30 (91) | 0.67 |
| Send/receive email | 109 (76) | 91 (82) | 18 (55) | 0.001 |
| Buy products online | 84 (58) | 69 (62) | 15 (45) | 0.09 |
| Do banking online/pay bills | 110 (76) | 101 (91) | 9 (27) | <.0001 |
| Read news, papers, magazines, and books online | 102 (71) | 79 (71) | 23 (70) | 0.87 |
| Play games online | 45 (31) | 26 (23) | 19 (58) | <.0001 |
| Watch videos (including YouTube) | 111 (77) | 81 (73) | 30 (91) | 0.03 |
| Use social networking websites and/or dating sites | 86 (60) | 61 (55) | 25 (76) | 0.03 |
| Other | 28 (19) | 17 (15) | 11 (33) | 0.02 |
| Easiness to locate website and to find information within that site:d | 0.02 | |||
| Always easy | 42 (29) | 30 (27) | 12 (37) | |
| Sometimes easy | 75 (52) | 67 (60) | 8 (24) | |
| Not so easy | 22 (16) | 13 (12) | 9 (27) | |
| Difficult | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (3) | |
| Very difficult | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (9) | |
| Problems hardening Internet use: | ||||
| Pain in limbs | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 1 (3) | 0.93 |
| Unsteady hands | 13 (9) | 9 (8) | 4 (12) | 0.49 |
| Difficulty concentrating for long periods of time | 42 (29) | 31 (28) | 11 (33) | 0.57 |
| Difficulty sitting for long periods of time | 29 (20) | 19 (17) | 10 (30) | 0.10 |
| Eyes that tire easily | 27 (19) | 17 (15) | 10 (30) | 0.06 |
| Other problems | 27 (18) | 21 (19) | 6 (18) | 0.91 |
