Table 2.
Baseline mobile phone use patterns among young Indigenous people who have used drugs who reported owning a phone at enrollment into the Cedar Project WelTel Mobile Health Study (N=59).
Mobile phone use pattern | Value, n (%) | ||
Type of phone (n=59) |
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Basic | 13 (22) | |
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Smart | 46 (78) | |
Texting plan (n=59) |
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Yes | 53 (89) | |
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No | 6 (10) | |
Type of text plan (n=55) |
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Pay as you text | 12 (21) | |
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Unlimited | 39 (71) | |
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Limited | 2 (3) | |
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Unsure | 2 (3) | |
Access internet on phone (n=59) |
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Yes | 44 (75) | |
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No | 15 (25) | |
Frequency of texting (n=55) |
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Never | 3 (5) | |
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Rarely (1× per month) | 2 (3) | |
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Occasionally (1× per week) | 0 (0) | |
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Frequently (2-3× per week) | 6 (10) | |
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Very frequently (daily) | 44 (80) |