. 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 3.

Patterns of usage of mobile phones among those who own or have access to a phone for participants in the urban, community-based study.

Characteristic	Urban
	Household Contacts
n (%)^*	(n=145)
Able to retrieve an SMS message from a phone	136 (94)
Ability to read an SMS message	140 (97)
Able to send an SMS message	131 (90)
Able to type using a mobile phone keyboard	140 (97)
Preferred language for SMS
English only	30 (21)
Luganda only	64 (44)
Either English or Luganda	51 (35)
Number of days taken before checking SMS
Check on the same day as message received	115 (79)
Check after 1–3 days	30 (21)
Median number of days making a voice call in the last week (IQR)	3 (2–5)
Previously received a mobile money transfer	132 (91)

Abbreviations: IQR, Inter-quartile range; SMS, short messaging services (also known as text messaging).

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