Table 2.
Mobile phone use.
| Mobile phone use | Total (N=277), n (%) | Currently own or have access to a mobile phone (N=217), n (%) | Owned or had access to a mobile phone in the past (N=60), n (%) | P value | |
| Type of phone use or used | |||||
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Feature phone | 186 (67.1) | 143 (65.9) | 43 (72) | .57 |
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Smartphone | 89 (32.1) | 72 (33.1) | 17 (28) | —a |
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Both | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0) | — |
| Type of service | |||||
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Contract | 16 (5.7) | 13 (5.9) | 3 (5) | .10 |
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Month-to-month | 167 (60.3) | 130 (59.9) | 37 (62) | — |
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Free phone | 52 (18.7) | 46 (21.1) | 6 (10) | — |
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Prepaid | 26 (9.3) | 16 (7.3) | 10 (17) | — |
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Other or don’t know | 16 (5.7) | 12 (5.5) | 4 (7) | — |
| Mobile phone features used | |||||
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Make and receive phone calls | 277 (100.0) | 217 (100.0) | 60 (100) | >.99 |
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Check and receive voicemails | 195 (70.4) | 162 (74.7) | 33 (55) | .003 |
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Send and receive text messages | 172 (62.9) | 145 (66.8) | 27 (45) | .002 |
| Smartphone features used | |||||
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Look up information on the internet | 66 (23.8) | 55 (25.3) | 11 (65) | .42 |
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Check and send email | 53 (19.1) | 46 (21.1) | 7 (41) | .11 |
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Get directions | 49 (17.6) | 41 (18.8) | 8 (47) | .53 |
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Look up bus route or schedule | 37 (13.3) | 34 (15.6) | 3 (18) | .03 |
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Check social networking sites | 24 (8.6) | 23 (10.5) | 1 (6) | .03 |
| Uses of phone to contact others | |||||
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Use or used phone to contact relatives | 228 (82.3) | 178 (82.0) | 50 (83) | .81 |
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Use or used phone to contact friends | 215 (77.6) | 171 (78.8) | 44 (73) | .37 |
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Use or used phone to contact medical personnel | 179 (64.6) | 150 (69.1) | 29 (48) | .003 |
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Use or used phone to contact social service agencies | 137 (49.5) | 115 (53.0) | 22 (37) | .03 |
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Use or used phone to contact shelters or other housing providers | 85 (30.6) | 71 (32.7) | 14 (23) | .16 |
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Use or used phone to contact (potential) employer | 64 (23.1) | 51 (23.5) | 13 (22) | .77 |
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Use or used phone to contact (potential) landlord | 54 (19.4) | 44 (20.2) | 10 (17) | .53 |
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Use or used phone to contact emergency services | 29 (10.4) | 25 (11.5) | 4 (7) | .28 |
| Ever had phone stolen | 146 (53.1) | 106 (49.3) | 40 (67) | .02 | |
| Number of times phone stolen |
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0 | 129 (47.4) | 109 (51.2) | 20 (344) | .06 |
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1-2 | 109 (40.1) | 80 (36.8) | 29 (49) | .06 |
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≥3 | 34 (12.2) | 24 (11.0) | 10 (17) | .06 |
| Ever lost phone | 145 (52.9) | 113 (52.6) | 32 (54) | .81 | |
| Number of times lost phone | |||||
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0 | 129 (47.4) | 102 (47.9) | 27 (46) | .30 |
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1-2 | 106 (39.0) | 79 (36.4) | 27 (46) | .30 |
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≥3 | 37 (12.2) | 32 (14.7) | 5 (9) | .30 |
aNot applicable.