Table 1.
Characteristic of study sample and cellphone ownership by background characteristics (n=3215).
| % Distribution among total population | % Distribution of cell phone ownership by background characteristic |
Rao and Scott p valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Not an Owner | |||
| Total | 46.9 | 53.1 | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15–19 | 22.1 | 39.9 | 60.1 | |
| 20–29 | 34.6 | 51.1 | 48.9 | |
| 30–39 | 26.9 | 48.5 | 51.5 | |
| 40–49 | 16.4 | 44.9 | 55.1 | <.001 |
| Parity | ||||
| Ever given birth | 78.8 | 52.3 | 47.7 | |
| Never given birth | 21.2 | 47.4 | 52.5 | .16 |
| Urban/rural | ||||
| Urban | 24.4 | 71.9 | 28.1 | |
| Rural | 75.6 | 38.9 | 61.1 | <.001 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently not in union | 30.5 | 50.6 | 49.4 | |
| Currently in union | 69.5 | 45.3 | 54.7 | .17 |
| Highest school attended | ||||
| Never | 64.5 | 40.4 | 59.6 | |
| Primary | 16.1 | 55.2 | 44.8 | |
| Secondary or higher | 19.4 | 71.1 | 28.9 | <.001 |
| Household wealth (quintile) | ||||
| Lowest | 21.5 | 30.3 | 69.7 | |
| Lower | 19.1 | 37.0 | 63.0 | |
| Middle | 20.7 | 40.0 | 60.0 | |
| Higher | 17.4 | 51.1 | 48.9 | |
| Highest | 21.3 | 75.9 | 24.1 | <.001 |
| Household electricity | ||||
| Yes | 60.0 | 59.4 | 40.5 | |
| No | 40.0 | 38.5 | 61.5 | <.001 |
Note: % estimates are adjusted for sampling weight.
a
p value for Rao and Scott's χ2 test for differential distribution of cell phone ownership by background characteristics.