Table 2. Technology access and use.
Characteristic | N | N or median | % or IQR |
---|---|---|---|
Phone access | 600 | 416 | 69.3 |
Shared | 415 | 53 | 12.8 |
Internet-enabled phone accessa | 598 | 300 | 50.2 |
Smartphone (touchscreen) access | 599 | 288 | 48.1 |
Shared | 287 | 33 | 11.5 |
Current social media use | 598 | 329 | 55.0 |
598 | 297 | 49.7 | |
598 | 275 | 46.0 | |
598 | 130 | 21.7 | |
Telegram | 598 | 55 | 9.2 |
Skype | 598 | 43 | 7.2 |
Snapchat | 598 | 29 | 4.8 |
Viber | 598 | 14 | 2.3 |
Signal | 598 | 3 | 0.5 |
Current social media use among youth with smartphone access | 288 | 260 | 90.3 |
Weekly airtime spending (KSh)b | 394 | 140 | 60–300 |
Weekly cellular data spending (KSh)b | 387 | 50 | 0–150 |
Frequency of Wi-Fi access | 412 | ||
Never | 227 | 55.1 | |
Monthly or less | 43 | 10.4 | |
Weekly | 92 | 22.3 | |
Daily | 50 | 12.1 |
a, includes non-smartphone “feature” phones with internet access; b, 100 KSh =1 USD. IQR, interquartile range.