Rural-Urban Differences in General and Health-Related Internet Use
Rural-Urban Differences in General and Health-Related Internet Use
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DOI：
10.1177/0002764210361685
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Goldner, Melinda
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作者：
Hale, Timothy M.;Cotten, Shelia R.;Goldner, Melinda
文献表明，由于人口和技术原因，生活在农村地区的人不太可能上网;然而，关于在线健康信息寻求方面的城乡差异的信息较少。来自国家癌症研究所的全国代表性的2005年健康信息全国趋势调查（N = 5,586）的数据被用来检查这些关系。Logistic回归结果显示，农村居民的互联网使用率低于城市居民。在使用过互联网的个人中，农村地区的人不太可能为健康目的使用互联网。城乡居民在网上健康搜索方面的数字鸿沟持续存在，这归因于教育水平、收入和宽带普及等因素。本文讨论了这些差异的影响。
Literature has shown that people living in rural areas are less likely to have access to the Internet for demographic and technological reasons; however, less information is available regarding rural-urban differences in online health-information seeking. Data from the National Cancer Institute's nationally representative 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey (N = 5,586) are used to examine these relationships. Logistic regression results show that those in rural areas use the Internet less than those who live in urban areas. Among individuals who have used the Internet, those in rural areas are less likely to use the Internet for health purposes. The persistence of a digital divide between rural and urban residents in online health searching is attributable to factors such as educational level, income, and diffusion of broadband. The article discusses the impact of these differences.