The Internet Use for Health Information Seeking among Ghanaian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Internet access and use by students.

Variable	Categories	Frequency; ()	Percent
Use of Internet	Yes	645	100.0
	No	0	0.0
Years of Internet use	<1	8	1.2
	1–4	126	19.4
	5–9	315	48.5
	≥10	186	28.6
	Missing	16	2.3
Use of Internet everyday	Yes	509	78.3
	No	136	20.9
	Missing	5	.8
Hours of daily use Internet	1–3	244	37.5
	4–7	217	33.4
	8–10	86	13.2
	>10	60	9.2
	Missing	43	6.6
	Mean	5.41
	SD	3.28
Type of Internet	Mobile data	268	41.2
	Campus WiFi	195	30.0
	LAN	33	5.1
	All	149	22.2
	Missing	5	.8
Place of primary Internet access	Campus labs and WiFi	294	45.2
	Halls and hostels	229	35.2
	Home	107	16.5
	Missing	20	3.1
Level of experience	Very experienced	251	38.6
	Fairly experienced	364	56.0
	Not experienced	22	3.4
	Missing	13	2.0
Barriers to Internet use	Unreliable and slow connection	351	54.0
	High cost of internet and devices	97	14.9
	Congestion at ICT centres	39	6.0
	Unreliable power supply	36	5.5
	Viruses and malware	51	7.8
	No challenge	71	10.9
	Missing	5	.8