Table 3 Information sources among those aware of genetic testing services, by geographic location: National Health Information Trends Survey (HINTS), 2013
From: Rural-urban and racial-ethnic differences in awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Geographic location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Urban | Rural | P-value | |
Sample size (n) | 1078 | 938 | 140 | |
Information sources (%) | ||||
Television | 51.2 | 51.1 | 52.1 | 0.597 |
Internet | 50.5 | 51.8 | 42.5 | 0.344 |
Newspaper | 28.3 | 29.1 | 23.1 | 0.364 |
Magazine | 25.1 | 25.6 | 21.8 | 0.720 |
Radio | 17.9 | 18.5 | 14.0 | 0.230 |
Family member | 16.6 | 17.6 | 9.8 | 0.310 |
Social media | 16.2 | 17.0 | 11.2 | 0.694 |
Health professional | 16.1 | 15.3 | 21.2 | 0.784 |