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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2015 May-Jun;9(3):217–221. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000121

Table 2.

Mobile phone use patterns

variable % (N=71)
Own a cell phone 93%
 Percent reporting only one mobile phone in the past 12 months 44%
 Percent reporting only one phone number in the past 12 months 58%
Phone accessed in a manner in which privacy was affected 16%
Send or receive TM 93%
 Very much’ or ‘somewhat’ comfortable sending TM 79%
 Very much’ or ‘somewhat’ concerned about privacy of TM 40%
Preferred mode of contact TM vs Phone call
 TM 44%
 Phone call 34%
 Either 22%
TM payment plan
 Flat fee for unlimited TM 83%
 Flat fee for limited TM 7%
 Pay-per-TM 10%
Mean (SD)
Phones owned in the past 12 months 1.9 (1.1)
Phone numbers in the past 12 months 1.6 (.89)
TM received in the last week 52.6 (78)
Features used on mobile phone:
 Internet 68%
 Smart phone applications 63%
 GPS 64%
 Camera 77%
 Video 69%
 Email 69%
 Social media 68%
 TM image/video attachments 72%