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. 2019 Nov 13;7(11):e13741. doi: 10.2196/13741

Table 2.

Description of mobile phone possession among patients living with HIV in the three participating countries (N=1131).

Description Mobile phone possession  (n=1107) Internet access on mobile phone (n=282) Mobile phone sharing with someone else (n=140)
n (%) P value n (%) P value n (%) P value
Country N/Aa 0.013 N/A <.001 N/A 0.002
  Côte d’Ivoire 635 (98.8) N/A 195 (30.7) N/A 99 (15.4) N/A
  Burkina Faso 238 (95.6) N/A 17 (7.1) N/A 20 (8.0) N/A
  Togo 234 (97.9) N/A 70 (29.9) N/A 21 (8.8) N/A
Age (years) N/A 0.31 N/A <.001 N/A 0.59
  18-34 136 (96.5) N/A 61 (44.9) N/A 20 (14.2) N/A
  35-49 660 (98.4) N/A 175 (26.5) N/A 85 (12.7) N/A
  ≥50 311 (97.5) N/A 46 (14.8) N/A 35 (11.0) N/A
Sex N/A 0.03 N/A <.001 N/A 0.03
  Male 269 (99.6) N/A 106 (39.4) N/A 23 (16.4) N/A
  Female 838 (97.3) N/A 176 (21.0) N/A 117 (83.6) N/A
Marital status N/A 0.26 N/A 0.38 N/A 0.24
  Single 563 (97.4) N/A 137 (24.3) N/A 65 (11.3) N/A
  In a relationship 544 (98.4) N/A 145 (26.7) N/A 75 (13.6) N/A
Level of education N/A 0.002 N/A <.001 N/A 0.89
  No education and primary school 619 (96.7) N/A 74 (12.0) N/A 80 (12.5) N/A
  Secondary school and university 488 (99.4) N/A 208 (42.6) N/A 60 (12.2) N/A
Literacy N/A <.001 N/A <.001 N/A 0.51
  Can read or write 733 (99.3) N/A 256 (34.9) N/A 95 (12.9) N/A
  Cannot read or write 374 (95.2) N/A 26 (7.0) N/A 45 (11.5) N/A
Monthly income (in FCFAb,c) N/A 0.18 N/A <.001 N/A . 01
  <60,000 815 (97.4) N/A 147 (18.0) N/A 91 (10.9) N/A
  60,000-200,000 218 (99.1) N/A 92 (42.2) N/A 33 (15.0) N/A
  >200,000 74 (100.0) N/A 43 (58.1) N/A 16 (21.6) N/A
Duration of antiretroviral therapy (years) N/A 0.25 N/A 0.04 N/A 0.34
  <5 335 (96.8) N/A 97 (29.0) N/A 48 (13.9) N/A
  5-10 435 (98.2) N/A 93 (21.4) N/A 47 (10.6) N/A
  >10 337 (98.5) N/A 92 (27.3) N/A 45 (13.2) N/A

aN/A: not applicable.

bUS $1=576.90 FCFA; 60,000 FCFA is the minimum wage in most West African countries.

cFCFA: Franc Communauté Financière Africaine.