Table 4.
Personal contentment and cell phone ownership
| Phone ownership | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
P | |
| Have lots of friends (n=103) |
52 (93) | 41 (87) | .337 |
| Get along with parents (n=107) |
54 (90) | 42 (89) | .914 |
| Have been happy at school (n=108) |
54 (90) | 43 (90) | .943 |
| Often bored (n=109) | 37 (62) | 31 (63) | .864 |
| Get into trouble a lot (n=109) |
19 (31) | 17 (35) | .638 |
| Often sad or unhappy (n=108) |
9 (15) | 19 (40) | .004 |
Note: p-values calculated using Chi-square and refer to comparisons between girls who own and girls who do not own a phone