Table 2 Mobile network, access, ownership and use of phones, by study site
Bondo DH | Got Agulu SDH | Ndori HC | Madiany DH | All sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Network coverage, phone access and ownership | N = 100 | N = 100 | N = 100 | N = 100 | N = 400 |
Mobile network at home | 100 (100%) | 99 (99.0%) | 100 (100%) | 100 (100%) | 399 (99.8%) |
Has access to mobile phone | 98 (98%) | 90 (90%) | 95 (95%) | 89 (89%) | 372 (93.0%) |
Has personal mobile phone | 78 (78%) | 66 (66%) | 73 (73%) | 78 (78%) | 295 (73.8%) |
Use of mobile phones | N = 98 | N = 90 | N = 95 | N = 89 | N = 372 |
Voice | 98 (100%) | 90 (100%) | 95 (100%) | 89 (100%) | 372 (100%) |
Receive SMS | 97 (99.0%) | 86 (95.6%) | 89 (93.7%) | 76 (85.4%) | 348 (93.6%) |
Send SMS | 91 (92.9%) | 81 (90.0%) | 83 (87.4%) | 74 (83.2%) | 329 (88.4%) |
Money transfer | 92 (93.9%) | 79 (87.8%) | 74 (77.9%) | 81 (91.0%) | 326 (87.6%) |
Browsing | 9 (9.2%) | 13 (14.4%) | 4 (4.2%) | 19 (21.4%) | 45 (12.1%) |
5 (5.1%) | 12 (13.3%) | 2 (2.1%) | 17 (19.1%) | 36 (9.7%) | |
Brought phone to the facility | 63 (64.3%) | 44 (48.9%) | 49 (51.6%) | 56 (62.9%) | 212 (57.0%) |
Able to charge phone at home | 29 (29.6%) | 22 (24.4%) | 17 (17.9%) | 8 (9.0%) | 76 (20.4%) |
Patterns of SMS receiving | N = 97 | N = 86 | N = 89 | N = 76 | N = 348 |
No of SMS/week (median[IQR])a | 5 [3-10] | 7 [5-10] | 5 [3-10] | 21 [14–35] | 9 [4-20] |
Able to open and read SMS | 96 (99.0%) | 86 (100%) | 89 (100%) | 76 (100%) | 347 (99.7%) |
Reading of SMS (day time)a | |||||
Immediately | 88 (90.7%) | 75 (88.2%) | 68 (76.4%) | 72 (94.7%) | 303 (87.3%) |
Within 1 hour | 9 (9.3%) | 6 (7.1%) | 20 (22.5%) | 3 (4.0%) | 38 (11.0%) |
After 1 hour | 0 | 4 (4.7%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (1.3%) | 6 (1.7%) |
Reading of SMS (night time) | |||||
Immediately | 23 (23.7%) | 33 (38.8%) | 75 (84.3%) | 29 (38.2%) | 160 (46.1%) |
In the morning | 74 (76.3%) | 52 (61.2%) | 14 (15.7%) | 47 (61.8%) | 187 (53.9%) |