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. 2015 Mar 30;3(1):e25. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.3347

Table 6.

Number of pregnant women reporting the use of Internet technologies very often or often on computers or mobile phones by income and number of children in the home.

Internet variables Annual household income Number children in the home Total
(n=100)


<US $25,000
(n=28)
US S25,000-$50,000
(n=27)
>US $50,000
(n=45)
None
(n=36)
One or more
(n=64)

Internet program used very often or often with computers, n (%)

Internet/Web 24 (86) 26 (96) 44 (98) 59 (97) 35 (88) 94 (94.0)

Email 23 (82) 24 (89) 43 (96) 56 (92) 34 (87) 90 (90.0)

Facebook 17 (60) 18 (67) 24 (53) 33 (54) 26 (67) 59 (59.0)

Blogs 3 (11) 9 (33) 11 (24) 17 (28) 6 (15) 23 (23.0)

Twitter 2 (7) 4 (15) 5 (11) 7 (12) 4 (10) 11 (11.0)

Chat rooms 4 (14) 3 (11) 1 (2) 3 (5) 5 (13) 8 (8.0)

Skype 1 (4) 7(2) 9 (20) 7 (12) 5 (13) 12 (12.0)
Internet program used very often or often with mobile phones, n (%)

Internet/Web 12 (43) 15 (56) 22 (49) 24 (67) 21 (54) 49 (49.0)

Email 8 (29) 11 (41) 24 (53) 18 (50) 17 (44) 43 (43.0)

Facebook 10 (36) 12 (44) 14 (31) 16 (44) 19 (49) 36 (36.0)

Blogs 1 (4) 1 (4) 4 (9) 11 (4) 3 (8) 6 (6.0)

Twitter 2 (7) 3 (11) 3 (7) 5 (14) 3 (8) 8 (8.0)

Chat rooms 1 (4) 0 (0) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (3) 2 (2.0)