Table 3 Top qualitative codes by student sample characteristics.

From: Examining the themes of STD-related Internet searches to increase specificity of disease forecasting using Internet search terms

 

N

STDinfo

STDonly

STDsymp

SexEdu

diseasename

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sex

 Male

126

26 (21)

22 (17)

20 (16)

10 (8)

9 (7)

 Female

153

23 (15)

29 (19)

14 (9)

16 (10)

16 (10)

Race

 NH White

64

12 (19)

8 (13)

8 (13)

4 (6)

6 (9)

 NH Black

73

13 (18)

14 (19)

9 (12)

8 (11)

9 (12)

 Hispanic/Latino, any race

91

15 (16)

18 (20)

13 (14)

6 (7)

6 (7)

 Asian

51

10 (20)

11 (22)

4 (8)

3 (6)

5 (10)

Age

 18–19 years old

144

26 (18)

29 (20)*

18 (13)*

11 (8)

12 (8)

 20–24 years old

185

24 (13)

20 (11)

13 (7)

10 (5)

14 (8)

 25–29 years old

8

1 (12)

2 (25)

3 (37)

0

0

Sexual Behavior

 MSW

86

19 (22)

16 (19)

17 (20)*

5 (6)

4 (5)

 WSM

81

13 (16)

17 (21)

7 (9)

9 (11)

9 (11)

 MSM

15

5 (33)

4 (27)

1 (7)

2 (13)

3 (20)

 WSWM

17

6 (35)

4 (24)

0

2 (12)

1 (6)

Previous STD

 Yes

34

6 (18)

4 (12)

3 (9)

5 (15)

6 (18)*

 No

166

37 (22)

37 (22)

22 (13)

13 (8)

12 (7)

Number of sex partners

 0 partners

21

5 (24)*

4 (19)

3 (14)

0

2 (9)

 1 partner

94

19 (20)

24 (26)

7 (7)

12 (13)

8 (9)

 2 partners

46

3 (6)

12 (26)

10 (22)

3 (7)

2 (4)

 3 or more partners

43

2 (5)

9 (21)

4 (9)

4(9)

7 (16)

Condom use

 Used condoms

126

27 (21)

29 (23)

16 (13)

10 (56)

10 (8)

 Did not use condoms

74

18 (24)

13 (18)

9 (12)

8 (44)

7 (9)

  1. MSW = Men who have sex with Women; WSM = women who have sex with men; MSM = men who have sex with men; WSWM = women who have sex with women and men.
  2. *p < 0.05.