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Rural-Urban Differences in General and Health-Related Internet Use

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ID4825852
AutoresTimothy M Hale (0000-0002-4228-465X, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA,, autor de correspondencia), Shelia R Cotten (0000-0002-8657-8262, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA), Patricia Drentea (0000-0002-7908-2373, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA), Melinda Goldner (Union College)
Año2010
Volumen53
Número9
Páginas1304-1325
Fecha de publicación2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764210361685
OpenAlexW2143477812
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas53
Referencias citadas26

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

Digital divide · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Health information · Health Information National Trends Survey · Internet access · Logistic regression · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Survey data collection · The Internet · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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