Table 1.
iText Participant Demographic Characteristics, Cell Phone Ownership and Use, and Mode of Messaging Selected
| Total (n = 56) | San Francisco (n = 48) | Chicago (n = 8) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Age | ||||||
| < = 30 years | 14 | 25.0 | 6 | 12.5 | 8 | 100.0 |
| >30 years | 42 | 75.0 | 42 | 87.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Latino/Hispanic | 6 | 10.7 | 4 | 8.3 | 2 | 25.0 |
| White | 38 | 67.9 | 38 | 79.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Black | 7 | 12.5 | 3 | 6.3 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Other | 5 | 8.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 2 | 25.0 |
| Education | ||||||
| Completed some college | 49 | 87.5 | 45 | 93.8 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Living situation | ||||||
| Alone | 15 | 26.8 | 13 | 27.1 | 2 | 25.0 |
| W/male sexual partner | 21 | 37.5 | 20 | 41.7 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Family/friends | 9 | 16.1 | 4 | 8.3 | 5 | 62.5 |
| Other/roommates | 11 | 19.6 | 11 | 22.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mobile phone and plans | ||||||
| Mobile phone ownership | 55 | 98.2 | 47 | 97.9 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Have unlimited SMS plana | 43 | 81.1 | 35 | 77.8 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Smartphone ownershipa | 51 | 92.7 | 45 | 95.7 | 6 | 75.0 |
| Mode of messaging selected | ||||||
| 18 | 32.1 | 17 | 35.4 | 1 | 12.5 | |
| SMS | 38 | 67.9 | 31 | 64.6 | 7 | 87.5 |
a
Of mobile phone owners.
SMS, short message service.