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. 2019 Jan 11;12(1):1548005. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1548005

Table 1.

Demographic and prior smartphone exposure details of participants in the three sets of household visits that were conducted in this study.

Demographic details Formative visit 1
(N = 10)
Formative visit 2
(N = 10)
Pre-pilot visit
(N = 100)
  % or Mean (SD)
Mean age, months 37.4 (1.6) 37.1 (2.3) 37.2 (1.0)
Gender, male 50% 40% 50%
Mean height, cm 88.8 (4.8) 91.4 (3.3) 90.2 (3.9)
Stunted (HAZ< – 2SD) 50% 11% 31.3%
Mean weight, kg 11.9 (1.7) 11.5 (1.1) 11.8 (1.4)
Underweight
(WAZ< – 2SD)
44% 22% 29%
Mean head circumference, cm 48.7 (1.3) 47.6 (1.9)
Exposure to schooling
Attending private preschool 50% 30% 11%
Attending Anganwadi Centre 70% 10% 12%
Prior smartphone exposure
Previously used smartphones 40% 80% 86%
Frequent user (within last 24 hrs) 62.5% 62%
Reasons for using smartphone
Listening to music 70% 57%
Watching videos 20% 29%
Playing games 70% 59%
Seeing photos 20% 23%
Browsing internet 0% 2%