Table 2.

Patterns of mobile phone ownership and use among women attending community-based cervical cancer screening in a prospective study in Migori, Kenya, between February and November 2018.

Technology use characteristics			Total (N=3299), n (%)		Owners (n=2351), n (%)		Sharers (n=394), n (%)
Owner of commonly used mobile phone (n=2745)
	My own	2351 (85.6)		2351 (100)		N/Aa
	Spouse or partner	288 (10.5)		N/A		288 (73.1)
	Child	34 (1.2)		N/A		34 (8.6)
	Other family	30 (1.1)		N/A		30 (7.6)
	Others	42 (1.5)		N/A		42 (10.7)
Frequency of mobile phone use among users (n=2745)
	<7 days a week	304 (11.1)		138 (5.9)		166 (42.1)
	7 days a week	2441 (88.9)		2213 (94.1)		228 (57.9)
Frequency of technical issues (n=2744)b
	Never	393 (14.3)		346 (14.7)		47 (11.9)
	At least once per month	313 (11.4)		274 (11.6)		39 (9.9)
	At least once per week	1559 (56.8)		1379 (58.7)		180 (45.7)
	At least once per day	350 (12.8)		305 (13.0)		45 (11.4)
	Unsure	115 (4.2)		35 (1.5)		80 (20.3)
	Other	15 (0.5)		11 (0.5)		3 (0.8)
Comfort reading and receiving SMS text message
	Not able	814 (24.7)		384 (16.3)		87 (22.1)
	Very uncomfortable	68 (2.1)		39 (1.7)		7 (1.8)
	Uncomfortable	295 (8.9)		149 (6.3)		45 (11.4)
	Comfortable	1453 (44.0)		1197 (50.9)		190 (48.2)
	Very comfortable	650 (19.7)		580 (24.7)		57 (14.5)
	Unsure	19 (0.6)		2 (0.1)		8 (2.0)
Comfort writing and sending SMS text message (N=3298)b
	Not able	912 (27.6)		465 (19.8)		95 (24.1)
	Very uncomfortable	68 (2.1)		39 (1.7)		6 (1.5)
	Uncomfortable	372 (11.3)		215 (9.2)		54 (13.7)
	Comfortable	1275 (38.7)		1046 (44.5)		176 (44.7)
	Very comfortable	644 (19.5)		576 (24.5)		55 (14.0)
	Unsure	27 (0.8)		10 (0.4)		7 (1.8)

^aN/A: not applicable.

^bOne participant refused to answer.