---
title: "Tracking for Health: Detailed Demographics"
description: "New demographic tables for the \"Tracking for Health\" study: who tracks what, how and how often, and what impact it has on their lives."
date: "2013-03-20"
authors:
  - name: "Susannah Fox"
    job_title: "Former Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/susannah-fox/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/03/20/tracking-for-health-detailed-demographics/"
categories:
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Healthcare Online"
  - "Leisure"
  - "Lifestyle"
  - "Medicine & Health"
---

# Tracking for Health: Detailed Demographics

In response to popular demand, my Pew Research colleagues and I posted [detailed demographic tables](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/01/28/appendix-3/) for the "Tracking for Health" study.

I should warn you: These are not pretty tables. You may need a ruler to keep track of the rows and columns since we crammed as much data into each table as possible. But I think they will be useful and that, to me, is a high compliment (right after "thoughtful" -- that's the best).

For example, I think it's intriguing to look at some of the patterns. If you [click through](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/01/28/appendix-3/) and scroll to the fifth table: Women are more likely than men to track health data on paper (40% vs. 28%). You can tell that is a statistically significant difference because there is a tiny "a" next to the 40.

Another interesting finding: Young adults are significantly more likely than older adults to have an app to help them track their health (16% of 18-29 year-old trackers, compared with 3% of 50-64 year-old trackers). Notice there are no statistically significant differences (and therefore no superscript letters) in the race and ethnicity findings.

Here's the last table in the appendix:

[![Health tracking data](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2013/03/Health-tracking-data.jpg)](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2013/03/Health-tracking-data.jpg)

My colleague Maeve Duggan pointed out that men are more likely than women to share their data with their spouse or partner (30% vs. 16%). We wondered if it is because women are less likely to share their current weight?

Please dig in and let us know what you think! Comments are open on [my blog](http://susannahfox.com/2013/03/20/tracking-for-health-detailed-demographics/).