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. 2022 Aug 31;10(8):e29431. doi: 10.2196/29431

Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents.

Characteristics Group A, presurvey only (n=1272) Group B, matched (n=1124) P value
Region, n (%)

Volta 676 (53.23) 357 (31.76) <.001a

Eastern 596 (46.86) 767 (68.24) <.001a
Sex, n (%)

Male 204 (16.04) 233 (20.73) .004a

Female 1066 (83.81) 891 (79.27) .004a

Missing 2 (0.16) 0 (0) .004a
Educational level, n (%)

Certificate 1051 (82.79) 993 (88.35) <.001a

Diploma 179 (14.13) 121 (10.77) <.001a

Bachelor’s degree 37 (2.92) 9 (0.8) <.001a

Master’s degree 1 (0.08) 1 (0.09) <.001a

Other 1 (0.08) 0 (0) <.001a

Missing 4 (0.32) 0 (0) <.001a
Job description, n (%)

Community health nurse or community health officer 901 (70.83) 941 (83.72) <.001a

Enrolled nurse 2 (0.16) 1 (0.09) <.001a

Midwife 361 (28.38) 178 (15.84) <.001a

Field technician 1 (0.08) 2 (0.18) <.001a

Other 3 (0.24) 1 (0.09) <.001a

Missing 4 (0.31) 1 (0.09) <.001a
Use of mobile phone, n (%)

Yes (use my own mobile phone) 1224 (96.23) 1091 (97.06) .05a

Yes (share a mobile phone with family) 5 (0.39) 0 (0) .05a

No (do not use or have a mobile phone) 2 (0.16) 1 (0.09) .05a

Missing 41 (3.22) 32 (2.85) .05a
Access to the internet, n (%)

No internet 145 (11.4) 129 (11.48) .17a

Very poor 99 (7.78) 102 (9.07) .17a

Poor 139 (10.93) 113 (10.05) .17a

Acceptable 405 (31.84) 351 (31.23) .17a

Reliable 347 (27.28) 329 (29.27) .17a

Very reliable 79 (6.21) 69 (6.14) .17a

Missing 58 (4.56) 31 (2.76) .17a
Age (years), mean (SD) 32.89 (6.65) 31.45 (5.44) <.001b
Duration of work as a health professional (years), mean (SD) 6.80 (5.74) 5.34 (5.02) <.001b
Days of using an e-Tracker system, mean (SD) N/Ac 187.55 (51.17) N/A

aP value derived from chi-square test.

bP value derived from 1-way ANOVA test.

cN/A: not applicable.