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Table 1 Association between gender and other characteristics of respondents (n = 250)

From: Determinants of use of mobile phones for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) education and prevention among adolescents and young adult population in Ghana: implications of public health policy and interventions design

Characteristic

Female (n=101)

f (%*)

Male (n=149)

f (%*)

Total (n=250)

f (%*)

p-value

Age

   

0.412

 18–19

15 (14.9)

14 (9.4)

29 (11.6)

 

 20–21

16 (15.8)

39 (26.2)

55 (22.0)

 

 22–23

40 (39.6)

50 (33.6)

90 (36.0)

 

 24

30 (29.7)

46 (30.9)

76 (30.4)

 

aStudy Level

  

.

0.346

 All years of Diploma studies

21 (20.8)

25 (16.8)

46 (18.4)

 

 1st Year of Bachelor Studies

16 (15.8)

28 (18.8)

44 (17.6)

 

 2nd Year of Bachelor Studies

25 (24.8)

29 (19.5)

54 (21.6)

 

 3rd Year of Bachelor Studies

20 (19.8)

29 (19.5)

49 (19.6)

 

 4th Year of Bachelor Studies

19 (18.8)

38 (25.5)

57 (22.8)

 

Ethnic Affiliation

   

0.206

 Akan

51 (50.4)

66 (44.3)

117 (46.8)

 

 Ga-Adangbe

12 (11.9)

26 (17.4)

38 (15.2)

 

 Ewe

13 (12.9)

26 (17.4)

39 (15.6)

 

 Dagomba

12 (11.9)

12 (8.1)

24 (9.6)

 

 Frafra

8 (7.9)

5 (3.4)

13 (5.2)

 

 Others

5 (5.0)

14 (9.4)

19 (7.6)

 

Type of phone owned

   

0.016†

 Smartphone

57 (56.4)

87 (58.4)

149 (57.6)

 

 Feature phone

44 (43.6)

62 (41.6)

101 (42.4)

 

Brand of phone owned

   

0.006†

 Nokia without android features

15 (14.9)

26 (14.2)

41 (16.4)

 

 Windows phone with android features

18 (17.8)

30 (24.4)

48 (19.2)

 

 Android phones of other brands

19 (18.8)

43 (34.6)

62 (24.8)

 

 iPhone

16 (15.8)

22 (15.7)

38 (15.2)

 

 Blackberry with android features

18 (17.8)

9 (11.0)

27 (10.8)

 

 Others phone brands without android features

15 (14.9)

19 (12.8)

34 (13.6)

 

**Frequency of use of phone

   

0.011†

 Every 2 h or less

44 (43.6)

62 (41.6)

106 (42.4)

 

 Every 3-4 h

16 (15.8)

35 (23.5)

51 (20.4)

 

 Every 5-6 h

10 (9.9)

23 (15.4)

33 (13.2)

 

 Every 7-8 h

19 (18.8)

16 (10.7)

35 (14.0)

 

 9 h or more

12 (11.9)

13 (8.7)

25 (10.0)

 

Study Department

   

0.092

 Business admin

27 (26.7)

52 (34.9)

79 (31.6)

 

 Health sciences

36 (35.6)

47 (31.5)

83 (33.2)

 

 Arts

12 (11.9)

16 (10.7)

28 (11.2)

 

 Science & technology

5 (3.4)

5 (5.0)

10 (4.0)

 

 Others departments

21 (20.8)

29 (9.5)

50 (20.0)

 
  1. Source: Field Data (2016)
  2. Legend: †p < 0.05; N (Number of valid responses); aStudy Level (In Ghana this represents the 4 years of University studies required to complete a first degree or Bachelor degree; Diploma studies are relatively shorter usually 1 or 2 years ending up in the award of a Diploma, which is lower than a Bachelor Degree); *All percentages have been rounded-up to the nearest decimal point and percentages in column 1 computed using the number of valid responses for females (n=101) as the denominator; percentages in column 2 were computed using the number of valid responses for males (n=149) as the denominator; percentages in column 3 were computed using the total number of valid responses for females and males (n=250) as the denominator; **Frequency of use of phone includes use of phone on daily basis for health education and other daily activities of living
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