. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 29.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 May 1;22(5):530–536. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0521

Table 1.

Access to mobile phones and networks for participants in the urban, community-based study.

Characteristic	Urban
	Household Contacts
n (%)^*	(n=145)
Own a mobile phone	84 (58)
Do not own but do access a mobile phone, primarily through	61 (42)
Spouse/Partner	12 (20)
Family member	45 (74)
Friend	4 (7)^†
Number of SIM cards used regularly
Do not own a SIM card	5 (4)
One SIM card	102 (70)
Two or more SIM cards	38 (26)
Network access at home or work	134 (92)
Ever changed mobile phone number	38 (26)
Changed number within the last 6 months	14 (37)
Average hours per day with phone powered on (SD)	18 (8)

Abbreviations: SIM, Subscriber Identity Module (an integrated but exchangeable circuit inserted into a mobile handset to connect and identify it to a telephone network). SD, standard deviation

Unless otherwise specified.

^†

Sum of percentages may exceed 100%, due to rounding.