Table 2 Ownership of mobile-phone by various study characteristics
Ownership of mobile phones | No. of studies | Study sample | Pooled estimate | 95% CI | I2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study period | |||||
° 2011 to 2015 | 5 | 2521 | 0.970 | 0.943–0.989 | 91.1% |
° 2016 to 2020 | 11 | 7402 | 0.961 | 0.926–0.985 | 97.2% |
Region | |||||
° North (West and Central) | 4 | 1497 | 0.915 | 0.817–0.987 | 96.8% |
° South (West, South, and East) | 11 | 4926 | 0.975 | 0.949–0.992 | 95.6% |
° Multi-regions ** | 1 | 3500 | 0.983 | 0.978–0.987 | – |
Study setting | |||||
° Rural settings | 2 | 3866 | 0.986 | 0.982–0.990 | – |
° Mixed (rural and urban) | 1 | 615 | 0.860 | 0.831–0.885 | – |
° Urban settings | 13 | 5442 | 0.963 | 0.937–0.983 | 94.9% |
Educational status | |||||
° Secondary education, < 90% | 8 | 3177 | 0.939 | 0.875–0.981 | 97.3% |
° Secondary education, ≥ 90% | 8 | 6746 | 0.982 | 0.969–0.991 | 84.4% |
Study design | |||||
° Cross-sectional | 13 | 8133 | 0.953 | 0.922–0.976 | 96.5% |
° Interventional studies | 3 | 1790 | 0.994 | 0.987–0.999 | 0.0% |
Quality of included studies | |||||
° High quality | 11 | 8756 | 0.963 | 0.934–0.985 | 97.2% |
° Low and Medium quality | 5 | 1167 | 0.966 | 0.923–0.992 | 90.4% |