Table 2.
Text Message Usage and Barriers to Mobile Phone Use Among Mobile Phone Owners
| Text Message Usage | Barriers to Mobile Phone Use | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Sends or Receives at least once a week | Frequently or Always Lacks Mobile Signal | Frequently or Always Lacks Mobile Phone Credit | ||||
| % (n) | % | p-value§ | % | p-value§ | % | p-value§ | |
| Total | 100 (452) | 58.0 | 9.1* | 16.5** | |||
| Demographics | |||||||
| Age | <0.01° | 0.10° | <0.01 | ||||
| 18–29 | 11.1 (50) | 94.0 | 10.0 | 32.7 | |||
| 30–49 | 35.2 (159) | 74.2 | 11.3 | 18.9 | |||
| 50–64 | 36.1 (163) | 44.2 | 9.9 | 14.2 | |||
| 65+ | 17.7 (80) | 31.3 | 2.5 | 6.3 | |||
| Gender | 0.06 | 0.76 | 0.12 | ||||
| Male | 39.2 (177) | 52.5 | 9.6 | 13.1 | |||
| Female | 60.8 (275) | 61.5 | 8.8 | 18.7 | |||
| Indigenous language used at home | <0.01 | 0.18 | 0.38 | ||||
| Yes | 28.5 (129) | 44.2 | 6.2 | 14.1 | |||
| No | 71.5 (323) | 63.5 | 10.3 | 17.5 | |||
| Health Literacya | <0.01 | 0.65 | 0.46 | ||||
| Low | 25.0 (113) | 38.1 | 8.0 | 18.8 | |||
| High | 75.0 (339) | 64.6 | 9.4 | 15.7 | |||
| Education in years | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.29 | ||||
| ≤6 | 26.8 (121) | 29.8 | 6.7 | 18.3 | |||
| 7–12 | 39.2 (177) | 56.5 | 5.7 | 17.6 | |||
| >12 | 34.1 (154) | 81.8 | 14.9 | 13.7 | |||
| Health Status | |||||||
| Self-Reported Health | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.84 | ||||
| G./V.G./Exc.b | 32.5 (147) | 67.4 | 11.6 | 16.0 | |||
| Poor or fair | 67.5 (305) | 53.4 | 7.9 | 16.7 | |||
| Number of Self-Reported Chronic Conditions | <0.01 | 0.61 | 0.20 | ||||
| 0 | 26.1 (118) | 78.8 | 10.2 | 13.7 | |||
| 1 | 34.3 (155) | 54.8 | 9.0 | 15.5 | |||
| ≥2 | 39.6 (179) | 46.9 | 8.4 | 19.2 | |||
| Depressedc | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.09 | ||||
| Yes | 45.4 (205) | 54.6 | 10.8 | 19.8 | |||
| No | 54.7 (247) | 60.7 | 7.7 | 13.8 | |||
| Health Care Access | |||||||
| Cost-related access barrierd | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.03 | ||||
| Yes | 45.1 (204) | 57.4 | 9.4 | 20.7 | |||
| No | 54.9 (248) | 58.5 | 8.9 | 13.0 | |||
| Travel time to clinic in minutes | <0.01 | 0.69 | 0.01 | ||||
| 0–29 | 39.6 (179) | 69.8 | 8.9 | 12.4 | |||
| 30–59 | 35.0 (158) | 52.5 | 8.2 | 15.4 | |||
| ≥60 | 25.4 (115) | 47.0 | 10.5 | 24.4 | |||
All percentages are row-percentages. §Result of Pearson Chi-squared Test for binary predictors, result of Cochran-Armitage test of trend for variables with more than two levels;*One missing record; **Two missing records; °Result of Fisher’s Exact test for small cell sizes; aDefined as not being able to read, frequently or always needing someone to help read papers from health center, frequently or always having problems understanding written medical instructions; bGood/Very Good/Excellent; cAs measured by a score of 3 or more on the PHQ-2 questionnaire; d“In the past year, did cost keep you from going to a clinic or hospital?”