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Table 2 Mobile phone ownership within demographic groups; chi-square analyses

From: Evaluating the prevalence and opportunity for technology use in chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study

Demographic Characteristics

Own A Mobile Phone

Frequency (%)

Do Not Own Mobile Phone

Frequency (%)

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Agea (n = 703)

 

60 and under

320 (94.1)

20 (5.9)

< 0.01

 

61 and over

267 (73.6)

96 (26.4)

 

Ethnicitya (n = 664)

 

ATSI

60 (76.9)

18 (23.1)

0.11

 

Non-ATSI

493 (84.1)

93 (15.9)

 

Employmenta (n = 702)

 

Employed

156 (97.5)

4 (2.5)

< 0.01

 

Retired/unemployed

430 (79.3)

112 (20.7)

 

Educationa (n = 687)

 

Did not complete high school

271 (78.6)

74 (21.4)

< 0.01

 

Grade 12 and over

305 (89.2)

37 (10.8)

 

Dialysisa (n = 694)

 

On dialysis

226 (84.3)

42 (15.7)

0.67

 

Non-dialysis

354 (83.1)

72 (16.9)

 
  1. ATSI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander a analysis conducted on available data