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. 2024 Mar 29;24:394. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10440-8

Table 5.

Respondents’ digital literacy and access to digital devices

District hospital
n (%)
Health center
n (%)
Health post
n (%)
Total
n (%)
Types of electronic devices owned by respondents
Smartphone 14 (87.5%) 129 (100%) 4 (100%) 147 (98.7%)
Feature phone 6 (37.5%) 49 (38.0%) 0 (0.0%) 55 (36.9%)
Computer 3 (18.7%) 27 (20.9%) 0 (0.0%) 30 (20.1%)
Tablet 0 (0.0%) 16 (12.4%) 0 (0.0%) 16 (10.7%)
Places where respondents usually access internet
At work 7 (43.7%) 60 (46.5%) 0 (0.0%) 67 (45.0%)
Both home and work 4 (25%) 54 (41.9%) 2 (50%) 60 (40.3%)
Internet cafe 6 (37.5%) 51 (39.5%) 2 (50%) 59 (39.6%)
Respondents’ comfortability in using a computer
Yes 9 (56.2%) 74 (57.4%) 2 (50%) 85 (57%)
No 1 (6.3%) 13 (10.1%) 1 (25%) 15 (10.1%)
Somehow comfortable 6 (37.5%) 42 (32.5%) 1 (25%) 49 (32.9%)
Respondents’ comfortability in using a normal feature phone
Yes 12 (75%) 111 (86%) 1 (25%) 125 (83.2%)
No 2 (12.5%) 9 (7%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (7.4%)
Somehow comfortable 2 (12.5%) 9 (7%) 3 (75%) 14 (9.4%)
Respondents’ comfortability in using a smartphone
Yes 15 (93.8%) 111 (86%) 3 (75%) 129 (86.6%)
No 0 (0.0%) 3 (2.3%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (2.0%)
Somehow comfortable 1 (6.3%) 15 (11.6%) 1 (25%) 17 (11.4%)
Respondents’ comfortability in E- learning
Yes 12 (75%) 63 (48.8%) 1(25%) 76 (51.0%)
No 2 (12.5%) 38 (29.5%) 1 (25%) 41 (27.5%)
Somehow comfortable 2 (12.5%) 28 (21.7%) 2 (50%) 32 (21.5%)
Respondents’ comfortability in E-learning per age group
Less 30 years 3 (25.5%) 23 (36.5%) 1 (100%) 27 (35.5%)
30–34 years 4 (33.3%) 13 (20.6%) 0 (0.0%) 17 (22.4%)
34–39 years 5 (41.7%) 11 (17.5%) 0 (0.0%) 16 (21.1%)
40–44 years 0 (0.0%) 8 (12.7%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (10.5%)
45–49 years 0 (0.0%) 6 (9.5%) 0 (0.0%) 6 (7.9%)
50 + years 0 (0.0%) 2 (3.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.6%)