Table 2.
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% | |
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 | |||
342 | 89.1% | ||
YouTube | 205 | 53.4% | |
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% |
a Short message service.