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International Journal of
Population Studies Gender disparities in pandemic telehealth use

Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of the participants by gender
Variables Male (n=1370) (%) Female (n=1887) (%) Total (n=3257) (%) p
Age (median, IQR) 80.56 (6.44) 81.63 (7.04) 81.18 (6.82) <0.001
Race <0.001
White 1,074 (78.39) 1,398 (74.09) 2,472 (75.90)
Black 187 (13.65) 356 (18.87) 543 (16.67)
Others 109 (7.96) 133 (7.05) 242 (7.43)
Marital status <0.001
Married/partnered 939 (68.54) 605 (32.06) 1,544 (47.41)
Widowed 241 (17.59) 928 (49.18) 1,169 (35.89)
Unmarried 190 (13.87) 354 (17.76) 544 (16.70)
Education <0.001
1 105 (15.20) 158 (16.41) 263 (15.90)
2 137 (19.83) 275 (28.56) 412 (24.91)
3 122 (17.66) 225 (23.36) 347 (20.98)
4 327 (47.32) 305 (31.67) 632 (38.21)
Per capita income <0.001
1 160 (11.68) 426 (22.58) 586 (17.99)
2 246 (17.96) 340 (18.02) 586 (17.99)
3 297 (21.68) 290 (15.37) 587 (18.02)
4 355 (25.91) 230 (12.19) 585 (17.96)
5 missing 312 (22.77) 601 (31.85) 913 (28.03)
Self-reported health (median, IQR) 2.69 (1.01) 2.76 (0.99) 2.73 (1.00) 0.02
Multimorbidity <0.01
No 335 (24.45) 236 (12.51) 571 (17.53)
Yes 1035 (75.55) 1651 (87.49) 571 (82.47)
Digital device ownership
Cell phone (yes) 1,205 (88.02) 1,595 (84.57) 2,800 (86.02) <0.01
Computer (yes) 1,030 (75.24) 1,203 (63.79) 2,233 (68.60) <0.001
Tablet (yes) 655 (47.81) 861 (45.68) 1516 (46.57) 0.23
Learn new technology during COVID-19 <0.05
Yes 294 (23.28) 454 (26.71) 748 (25.24)
No 969 (76.72) 1246 (73.29) 2215 (74.76)
In-person visit
Before 1,196 (92.14) 1,646 (93.52) 2,842 (92.94) 0.14
During 848 (68.11) 1,115 (68.87) 1,859 (64.75) <0.01
Phone calls
Before 685 (59.67) 881 (58.31) 1,566 (58.89) 0.48
During 886 (72.92) 1,011 (62.18) 2,001 (70.61) <0.01
Email/Text/Portal/Social media
Before 255 (23.68) 264 (19.20) 519 (21.17) <0.01
During 320 (29.25) 322 (23.05) 642 (25.77) <0.001
Video calls/Telehealth
Before 66 (6.15) 71 (5.20) 137 (5.62) 0.31
During 258 (23.45) 346 (24.57) 604 (24.08) 0.52
Abbreviation: IQR: Interquartile range.

Volume 10 Issue 4 (2024) 119 https://doi.org/10.36922/ijps.1817