Table 4.
Perceptions of short message service (SMS) among women and men
| Women (n 205) | Men (n 93) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | P |
| Perceives SMS as easy to understand | 198 | 96·6 | 90 | 96·8 | 0·933 |
| Enjoys reading the SMS overall | 195 | 95·1 | 88 | 94·6 | 0·716 |
| Perceives SMS as relevant to their life | 200 | 97·6 | 93 | 100·0 | 0·129 |
| Finds the tone of the SMS to be friendly | 201 | 98·1 | 89 | 95·7 | 0·245 |
| Feels as though they can trust the SMS to be accurate | 200 | 97·6 | 92 | 98·9 | 0·437 |
| Finds the recommendation(s) in the SMS to be confusing | 46 | 22·4 | 17 | 18·3 | 0·415 |
| Perceives that some of the practices that the SMS recommend would be impossible to do | 107 | 52·2 | 62 | 66·7 | 0·019 |
| Perceives the SMS to be too long | 62 | 30·2 | 19 | 20·4 | 0·078 |
| Believes there should be fewer SMS or they should be sent less frequently | 28 | 13·7 | 28 | 30·1 | 0·001 |
| Feels as though it is more important for her husband to get the SMS than for her to get them | 41 | 20·0 | – | – | |