Table 2.
Univariate distribution and multivariate odds ratios for ownership of mobile phone, smartphone, computer, or tablet, and Internet access, by sex, age and socioeconomic status (Seychelles, N=1240, 2013–2014).
| Population characteristics | Owns a mobile phone | Owns a smartphone | Has access to Internet with smartphone | Owns a personal tablet or computer | Has access to Internet with personal computer or tablet | ||||||
| % | aORb | % | aOR | % | aOR | % | aOR | % | aOR | ||
| Total | 93.2 |
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31.9 |
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19.7 |
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54.3 |
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38.5 |
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| Sex | |||||||||||
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Male | 90.4 | 1 | 28.9 | 1 | 18.0 | 1 | 51.7 | 1 | 38.4 | 1 |
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Female | 96.1 | 6.81 c | 34.9 | 1.44 | 21.4 | 1.49 | 56.9 | 1.52 | 38.6 | 1.09 |
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P value | <.001 | .03 | .17 | .08 | .94 | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||
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25–34 | 96.6 | 1 | 51.8 | 1 | 33.7 | 1 | 63.6 | 1 | 47.8 | 1 |
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35–44 | 96.5 | 0.72 | 30.8 | 0.40 | 18.5 | 0.43 | 62.0 | 0.93 | 42.4 | 0.74 |
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45–54 | 93.6 | 0.61 | 24.8 | 0.34 | 13.3 | 0.33 | 49.5 | 0.59 | 35.1 | 0.60 |
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55–64 | 80.3 | 0.27 | 9.90 | 0.15 | 7.10 | 0.22 | 31.3 | 0.37 | 20.1 | 0.38 |
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| Education | |||||||||||
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Did not complete obligatory | 69.4 | 1 | 6.10 | 1 | 4.70 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 | 10.1 | 1 |
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Obligatory | 91.8 | 1.98 | 19.8 | 1.84 | 10.00 | 1.02 | 38.1 | 1.31 | 20.1 | 0.87 |
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Vocational | 95.9 | 2.54 | 43.9 | 3.85 | 28.7 | 2.48 | 58.8 | 2.66 | 30.1 | 1.82 |
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Polytechnic | 99.2 | 8.65 | 45.8 | 3.17 | 28.3 | 2.03 | 80.0 | 3.45 | 65.3 | 2.82 |
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University | 99.1 | 7.70 | 63.9 | 7.42 | 51.5 | 5.53 | 94.5 | 6.51 | 87.6 | 5.64 |
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| Annual income (Seychelles rupees) | |||||||||||
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<3000 | 74.3 | 1 | 9.50 | 1 | 4.10 | 1 | 30.7 | 1 | 15.7 | 1 |
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3000–5000 | 90.8 | 2.62 | 26.7 | 1.87 | 16.3 | 2.14 | 37.0 | 0.69 | 20.0 | 0.61 |
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5000–8000 | 95.1 | 5.45 | 30.4 | 1.95 | 17.0 | 1.93 | 50.4 | 0.86 | 34.5 | 0.89 |
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8000–15,000 | 98.0 | 7.32 | 45.1 | 2.55 | 28.3 | 2.68 | 75.0 | 1.57 | 59.7 | 1.45 |
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≥15,000 | 98.7 | 13.8 | 41.4 | 1.93 | 34.2 | 3.45 | 92.1 | 6.14 | 77.9 | 3.07 |
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| Occupation | |||||||||||
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Nonqualified laborer | 83.0 | 1 | 13.3 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 22.5 | 1 | 6.90 | 1 |
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Semiqualified manual | 93.5 | 3.54 | 29.6 | 1.97 | 19.1 | 3.31 | 43.6 | 2.15 | 30.2 | 4.23 |
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Qualified manual | 92.8 | 2.25 | 26.6 | 1.29 | 17.7 | 2.33 | 55.4 | 2.47 | 34.7 | 3.28 |
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Semiqualified nonmanual | 98.6 | 4.84 | 36.9 | 2.14 | 22.5 | 3.08 | 71.0 | 4.26 | 51.4 | 6.72 |
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Qualified professional | 98.4 | 2.31 | 54.5 | 3.13 | 35.4 | 3.28 | 87.2 | 5.53 | 75.1 | 8.32 |
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P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
aWald test for univariate differences between the first and last categories of each socioeconomic variable.
bMultivariate odds ratios are adjusted (aOR) to all socioeconomic variables (sex, age, education, income, and occupation) with the reference categories identified as 1.
cCoefficients with P <.05 are represented in italics.