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Internet use in older African Americans

Table A3. Logistic regression odds ratios of active internet use.
Gender Age group
Men Women Old-old Young-old
Demographic
Women 1.93* 0.93
Old-old 0.94 0.41**
Living alone 0.48 1.12 1.09 0.70
Socioeconomic
Years of education 1.17* 1.24*** 1.18** 1.20*
Married or partnered 0.92 1.54 1.51 1.32
Retired 0.16*** 0.59 + 0.34*** 0.76
Living in poverty 0.04*** 0.47* 0.19*** 0.61
Health-related
Self-rated health 1.20 1.11 1.09 1.22
Number of diseases 1.26 0.92 1.03 1.23
Difficulties in activities of daily living 0.75 0.67* 0.68* 0.69
Difficulties in instrumental activities of daily living 0.99 1.28 1.32 0.99
Mental Health-related
Depression 0.77 + 0.91 0.86* 0.82
Discrimination 1.51 + 1.06 1.31 0.83
Cognitive functioning 1.17** 1.12** 1.16*** 1.12*
The active Internet use was defined as use of the Internet at least several times per month. Effect sizes stand for odds ratio. p< 0.10; *p<0.05; **p<0.01;
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***p<0.001.

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