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Table 2 Demographic breakdown by cellphone ownership

From: Women’s cellphone access and ownership in rural Uganda: implications for self-care interventions

Variables

Options

Phone owner (N = 1536)

Non-owner (N = 483)

p-value

Age

Mean

34.47

 

33.55

 

p-value < 0.001

Range

25–49

 

25–49

 

SD

7.61

 

7.60

 

Marital status

Married

1297

84.4%

427

88.4%

p-value = 0.06

Divorced

61

4.0%

17

3.5%

Single

150

9.8%

29

6.0%

Widow

24

1.6%

10

2.1%

Education

None

152

9.9%

110

22.8%

p-value < 0.001

Primary

791

51.5%

300

62.1%

O level

490

31.9%

72

14.9%

A level

25

1.6%

1

0.2%

Tertiary

77

5.0%

0

0.0%

Number of pregnancies

Mean

5.48

 

6.00

 

p-value < 0.001

Range

0–19

 

0–16

 

SD

3.01

 

3.18

 

Visited health center

(Have you visited a HC in the last 12 months)

Yes

1251

81.4%

380

78.7%

p-value = 0.22

No

284

18.5%

102

21.1%

Distance (min) from HCIII

Mean

45.30 min

 

61.07 min

 

p-value < 0.001

Range

1–360 min

 

1–300 min

 

SD

39.56

 

43.51

 

Distance (min) from HCIII

 < 30 min

464

30.2%

96

19.9%

p-value < 0.001

3059 min

430

28.0%

77

15.9%

6089 min

468

30.5%

204

42.2%

90119 min

24

1.6%

9

1.9%

 > 120

149

9.7%

96

19.9%

Prior CCS

(Has a healthcare worker ever tested you for CC?)

Yes

41

2.7%

3

0.6%

p-value = 0.01

No

1495

97.3%

480

99.4%

Willing to CCS integration

(Would you be interested in receiving CCS when you go to HC?)

Yes

1520

99.0%

475

98.3%

p-value = 0.20

No

13

0.8%

8

1.7%

Missing

    

Willing to receive CCS info text

Yes

1503

97.9%

415

85.9%

p-value < 0.001

No

29

1.9%

63

13.0%

  1. HC health center, CC cervical cancer, CCS cervical cancer screening