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Table 3 Demographic breakdown by cellphone access

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

Variables

Options

Phone access (N = 1872)

No access (N = 147)

p-value

Age

Mean

34.27

 

34.05

 

p-value < 0.001

Range

25–49

 

25–49

 

SD

7.64

 

7.32

 

Marital status

Married

1594

85.1%

130

88.4%

p-value = 0.10

Divorced

73

3.9%

5

3.4%

Single

172

9.2%

7

4.8%

Widow

29

1.5%

5

3.4%

Education

None

217

11.6%

0

0.0%

p-value < 0.001

Primary

1004

53.6%

45

30.6%

O level

547

29.2%

87

59.2%

A level

26

1.4%

15

10.2%

Tertiary

77

4.1%

0

0.0%

Number of pregnancies

Mean

5.56

 

6.22

 

p-value < 0.001

Range

0–19

 

0–16

 

SD

3.05

 

3.13

 

Visited health center

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

Yes

1532

81.8%

99

67.3%

p-value < 0.001

No

339

18.1%

47

32.0%

Distance (min) from HCIII

Mean

47.63 min

 

67.49 min

 

p-value < 0.001

Range

1–360 min

 

1–300 min

 

SD

40.48

 

44.32

 

Distance (min) from HCIII

 < 30 min

538

28.7%

22

15.0%

p-value < 0.001

30–59 min

486

26.0%

21

14.3%

60–89 min

609

32.5%

63

42.9%

90–119 min

30

1.6%

3

2.0%

 > 120

207

11.1%

38

25.9%

Prior CCS

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

Yes

44

2.4%

0

0.0%

p-value = 0.11

No

1828

97.6%

147

100.0%

Willing to CCS integration

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

Yes

1850

98.8%

145

98.6%

p-value = 0.66

No

19

1.0%

2

1.4%

missing

    

Willing to receive CCS info text

Yes

1811

96.7%

107

72.8%

p-value < 0.001

No

56

3.0%

36

24.5%

Missing

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