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Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy examined 115 intersectional strata (gender, race and ethnicity, schooling, income, and Brazilian Unified Health System use) with online COVID-19 information seeking as the binary outcome; multilevel logistic models estimated additive effects and between-strata variance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most participants were men (1600\/2652, 60.3%), self-identified as Black or Brown individuals (1942\/2652, 73.2%), and were Unified Health System users (2433\/2652, 91.7%) without private insurance (2469\/2652, 93.1%). Over one-third (905\/2652, 34.1%) had no formal schooling; 62.4% (1655\/2652) reported low income. A total of 39.2% (1040\/2652) sought online COVID-19 information. Being a woman (odds ratio [OR] 1.49, 95% CI 1.13-1.97), higher schooling (OR 1.78-5.59, 95% CI 3.52-8.88), and higher income (OR 2.37-4.54, 95% CI 2.59-7.93) showed a stronger association with online COVID-19 information seeking; public health system use was not associated with the outcome (OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.64-1.33). Predicted probabilities ranged between 14% and 85% across 115 strata, with the lowest among Black or Brown men (no schooling or low income) and the highest among women and higher schooling or income. The intersectional analysis (n=2405) null model showed 24% between-strata variance; the full additive model reduced it to 1% (proportional change in variance=97%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Intersectional analysis reveals structural informational exclusion driven by additive disadvantages in schooling, income, and gender among participants, calling for digital inclusion policies, critical health literacy programs, and equitable multichannel communication strategies to address persistent COVID-19 information seeking disparities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2196\/77124","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,12]],"date-time":"2026-01-12T17:35:06Z","timestamp":1768239306000},"page":"e77124","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Digital Exclusion Among People Experiencing Homelessness and 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