Table 1.
Characteristics of mobile phone ownership and Internet and email use among pregnant, South African HIV-infected women participating in the study (N=50).
| Share mobile phone, n (%) | |
| No | 47 (94) |
| Yes | 3 (6) |
| Shares mobile phone with (n=3) | |
| Husband/boyfriend | 2 (67) |
| Sister | 1 (33) |
| Median time owning current mobile phone, months (range) | 12 (1–72) |
| Median time owning current mobile phone number, months (range) | 36 (1–156) |
| SIM card registered (RICA) to: n (%) | |
| Participant | 38 (76) |
| Participant’s husband or boyfriend | 6 (12) |
| Participant’s mother or father | 4 (8) |
| A friend who is not participant’s boyfriend or family | 2 (4) |
| Mobile phone numbers in the past 2 years, n (%) | |
| One | 29 (58) |
| Two | 18 (36) |
| Three | 3 (6) |
| Email account, n (%) | |
| No | 41 (82) |
| Yes | 9 (18) |
| Device for accessing email*† | |
| Mobile phone | 5 (10) |
| Computer | 6 (12) |
| Email frequency† | |
| Use email many times a day | 4 (8) |
| Use email not every day | 4 (8) |
| Use Internet, n (%) | |
| No | 35 (70) |
| Yes | 15 (30) |
| Device for accessing Internet* | |
| Mobile phone | 10 (20) |
| Computer | 6 (12) |
| Internet frequency | |
| Use Internet many times a day | 12 (24) |
| Use Internet once a day or not every day | 3 (6) |
| Websites visited*‡ | |
| 9 (18) | |
| 4 (8) | |
| 3 (6) | |
| Other (see text) | 11 (22) |
*
Multiple responses allowed for this question so sum may exceed 100%.
†
One participant reported that she had an email account but it had not been activated, so she did not respond to the questions about email device and frequency (n=8).
‡
One participant reported Internet use but did not specify websites (n=14).