Table 3 Phone Ownership: Results of Multivariate Analysis (N = 559)

Demographics

Age

0.02

0.03

 18–29

Ref

Ref

 30–49

0.57 (0.12, 2.72)

0.64 (0.30, 1.37)

 50–64

0.60 (0.12, 2.85)

0.30 (0.13, 0.72)

 65+

0.24 (0.05, 1.18)

0.31 (0.11, 0.90)

Gender

0.01

0.40

 Male

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 Female

0.41 (0.22, 0.77)

1.29 (0.71, 2.34)

Indigenous language used at home

0.64

0.64

 Yes

0.87 (0.50, 1.54)

0.85 (0.42, 1.70)

 No

Ref

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Health Literacy^a

<0.01

0.04

 Low

0.36 (0.20, 0.64)

0.40 (0.17, 0.94)

 High

Ref

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Education in years

0.28

<0.01

 ≤6

Ref

Ref

 7–12

1.18 (0.64, 2.17)

1.00 (0.43, 2.35)

 >12

2.10 (0.85, 5.21)

2.90 (1.25, 6.71)

Health Status

Self-Reported Health

0.63

0.09

 G./V.G./Exc.^b

Ref

Ref

 Poor or fair

1.15 (0.65, 2.05)

0.62 (0.35, 1.09)

Number of Self-Reported Chronic Conditions

0.21

0.61

 0

Ref

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 1

0.47 (0.19, 1.17)

1.28 (0.64, 2.54)

 ≥2

0.46 (0.19, 1.12)

1.47 (0.68, 3.19)

Depressed^c

0.71

0.10

 Yes

1.11 (0.64, 1.93)

1.60 (0.92, 2.80)

 No

Ref

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Health Care Access

Cost-related access barrier^d

0.84

0.10

 Yes

0.94 (0.55, 1.63)

0.61 (0.34, 1.10)

 No

Ref

Ref

Travel time to clinic in minutes

0.57

0.29

 0–29

Ref

Ref

 30–59

1.41 (0.74, 2.66)

0.75 (0.40, 1.39)

 ≥60

1.14 (0.58, 2.21)

0.56 (0.26, 1.19)