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. 2022 Jan 20;8:7. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-21-23

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
   Facebook 598 297 49.7
   WhatsApp 598 275 46.0
   Instagram 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.