Table 1 Mobile phone access, ownership and use among outpatient health workers, caregivers of sick children and adult patients
Health workers | Caregivers of sick children and adult patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caregivers | Adult patients | p-value* | Both respondents | ||
Network coverage, phone access and ownership | N = 219 | N = 767 | N = 410 | N = 1,177 | |
Mobile network coverage | 202 (92.2%) | 703 (91.7%) | 381 (92.9%) | 0.448 | 1,084 (92.1%) |
Has access to mobile phone | 219 (100.0%) | 663 (86.4%) | 348 (84.9%) | 0.594 | 1,011 (85.9%) |
Has personal mobile phone | 219 (100.0%) | 464 (60.5%) | 256 (62.4%) | 0.562 | 720 (61.2%) |
Use of mobile phones | N = 219 | N = 457 | N = 255 | N = 712† | |
Voice | 219 (100.0%) | 454 (99.3%) | 254 (99.6%) | 0.655 | 708 (99.4%) |
SMS | 216 (98.6%) | 335 (73.3%) | 173 (67.8%) | 0.118 | 508 (71.4%) |
Mobile money transfers | 218 (99.5%) | 386 (84.5%) | 217 (85.1%) | 0.822 | 603 (84.7%) |
Internet browsing | 110 (50.2%) | 20 (4.4%) | 20 (7.8%) | 0.055 | 40 (5.6) |
103 (47.0%) | 19 (4.2%) | 15 (5.9%) | 0.339 | 34 (4.8%) | |