Table 1:

Knowledge of mobile phone functionality of Latino patients at LAC+USC medical center stratified by patient demographics

	Cell phone ownership		Ability to send/receive text messages		Access any nonvoice application		Access the Internet		Ability to send/receive email		Ability to send/receive instant messages
	N (%)	P-values	N (%)	P-values	N (%)	P-values	N (%)	P-values	N (%)	P-values	N (%)	P-values
Age		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001
18–29	253 (87)		247 (85)		179 (62)		219 (76)		174 (60)		150 (52)
30–49	734 (83)		653 (74)		338 (38)		410 (46)		309 (35)		348 (39)
50–64	556 (75)		342 (46)		102 (14)		131 (18)		116 (16)		125 (17)
65+	110 (49)		41 (18)		5 (2)		4 (2)		7 (3)		13 (6)
Gender		.757		.941		.467		.411		.292		.745
Male	854 (77)		664 (60)		331 (30)		405 (36)		325 (29)		333 (30)
Female	799 (77)		619 (60)		293 (28)		359 (35)		281 (27)		303 (29)
Education		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001
No schooling completed	119 (60)		54 (27)		19 (10)		28 (14)		16 (8)		19 (10)
Primary school	583 (73)		397 (49)		144 (18)		174 (22)		115 (14)		160 (20)
High school	705 (81)		606 (70)		317 (37)		396 (46)		315 (36)		325 (37)
College	230 (91)		213 (84)		136 (54)		158 (62)		154 (61)		127 (50)
Graduate degree	16 (84)		13 (68)		8 (42)		8 (42)		6 (32)		5 (26)
Language preference		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001
Spanish	1146 (75)		815 (53)		333 (22)		422 (27)		306 (20)		393 (26)
English	507 (84)		468 (77)		291 (48)		342 (56)		300 (50)		243 (40)
USA-born		.005		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001
Yes	349 (82)		323 (76)		211 (50)		243 (57)		209 (49)		165 (39)
No	1304 (76)		960 (56)		413 (24)		521 (30)		397 (23)		471 (27)
Have chronic disease		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001		< .001
Yes	1111 (75)		815 (55)		359 (24)		436 (29)		357 (24)		378 (25)
No	542 (83)		468 (71)		265 (40)		328 (50)		249 (38)		258 (39)