Table 1 Reported mobile phone access and regular mobile phone use in different age groups and according to sex and household income
Children who reported mobile phone access | Children who reported regular use * | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total in category | % | N | Total in category | % | N | |
Age (in years) | ||||||
7 | 165 | 49.1 | (81) | 76 | 7.9 | (6) |
8 | 184 | 47.3 | (87) | 85 | 9.4 | (8) |
9 | 158 | 75.3 | (119) | 109 | 12.8 | (14) |
10 | 186 | 80.6 | (150) | 145 | 19.3 | (28) |
11 | 192 | 90.1 | (173) | 172 | 14.5 | (25) |
12 | 182 | 92.3 | (168) | 165 | 34.5 | (57) |
13 | 175 | 97.1 | (170) | 167 | 44.9 | (75) |
14 | 179 | 98.3 | (176) | 176 | 44.9 | (79) |
p, χ2-test | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
Sex | ||||||
Female | 712 | 81.2 | (578) | 566 | 31.8 | (180) |
Male | 709 | 77.0 | (546) | 529 | 21.2 | (112) |
p, χ2-test | 0.053 | <0.001 | ||||
Household income | ||||||
<Average | 170 | 73.5 | (125) | 122 | 36.1 | (44) |
Average | 700 | 79.0 | (553) | 538 | 26.6 | (143) |
>Average | 514 | 81.7 | (420) | 410 | 23.7 | (97) |
p, χ2-test | 0.07 | 0.02 | ||||