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. 2012 Jul 12;14(4):e99. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2178

Table 2.

Utilization of mobile phone, Internet, and social media.

Media usage n %
Mobile phone access
Own a mobile phone 291 74.2%
Have access to a mobile phone 64 16%
Do not have access to a mobile phone 37 9%
Reasons for mobile phone use
Take pictures 316 90.6%
Access the Internet 294 84.8%
Send or receive instant messages 280 80.9%
Play games 276 80.7%
Send or receive email 23 68%
SMSa use 334 94.4%
Frequency of SMS use (messages/day)
Low (1–20) 84 30%
Medium (21–100) 79 29%
High (>101) 113 40.9%
Internet access 385 98.0%
Frequency of Internet use
Daily 208 72.7%
Less than daily 105 27.3%
Reasons for Internet use
School work 330 85.7%
Email 299 81.7%
Get health information 115 41.6%
Social networking account 384 97.2%
Mean number of social networking sites used 3.0 (range 0–8) (394)
Type of social networking account
Facebook 342 89.1%
YouTube 205 53.4%
Twitter 196 51.0%
Frequency of social networking use
Daily 291 75.8%
Less often 93 24%
Reasons for use of social networking sites
Post photos/videos 329 87.7%
Post comments 329 86.4%
Use instant messaging 318 86.0%
Update status 320 85.6%
Send private messages 273 73.0%
Play games 166 46.6%

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