Table 2.

Media usage by ED patients experiencing homelessness.

			Homeless ≥1 times in last year (n=249), n (%)	Not homeless in last year (n=5539), n (%)	P value
Cell phone ownership (% of total)			176 (70.7)	4758 (85.90)	<.001
	Making phone calls (% of cell users)		175 (99.4)	4717 (99.14)	1
	Text messaging (% of cell users)		126 (71.6)	3469 (72.91)	.7
	Surfing the Internet (% of cell users)		81 (46.0)	2202 (46.27)	.95
		Look up health information (% of cell phone surfers)	52 (64.2)	1317 (59.81)	.43
		Track or manage health with app (% of cell phone surfers)	16 (19.8)	402 (18.26)	.73
	Emailing (% of cell users)		74 (42.0)	2007 (42.18)	.97
	Social networking (% of cell users)		67 (38.1)	1836 (38.59)	.89
	Listening to music (% of cell users)		65 (36.9)	1503 (31.59)	.14
	Playing games (% of cell users)		61 (34.7)	1355 (28.48)	.08
	Using apps (% of cell users)		57 (32.4)	1436 (30.18)	.53
	Watching online videos (% of cell users)		48 (27.3)	1294 (27.20)	.98
	Smartphone ownership (% of cell users)		76 (43.2)	2424 (50.95)	.043
	Type of smartphone (% of smartphone owners)				<.001
		Android	53 (69.7)	1064 (43.89)
		iPhone	13 (17.1)	1080 (44.55)
		Blackberry	7 (9.2)	171 (7.05)
		Windows	3 (3.9)	52 (2.15)
		Other	0 (0.0)	57 (2.35)
Type of cell phone plan (% of cell users)					<.001
	Contract plan with unlimited minutes		66 (37.5)	2380 (50.02)
	Pay-as-you-go plan		58 (33.0)	941 (19.78)
	Contract plan with limited minutes		35 (19.9)	1239 (26.04)
	Medicaid phone		16 (9.1)	197 (4.14)
	Other		1 (<1.0)	1 (<1.00)
Internet use (% of total)			147 (59.0)	3767 (68.00)	.003
	Email use (% of Internet users)		113 (76.9)	3173 (84.23)	.017
	Social networking use (% of Internet users)		102 (69.4)	2606 (69.18)	.96