Variable | Voice | SMS | ||||
Intra-communication frequency (%) | Inter-communication frequency (%) | P value for X2 test | Intra-communication frequency (%) | Inter-communication frequency (%) | P value for Fisher’s exact test | |
District (cluster) | ||||||
Afram Plains North | 35 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | – | – | |
Asuogyaman | 437 (86.2) | 70 (13.8) | 215 (99.1) | 2 (0.9) | <0.001* | |
Birim Central | 636 (96.1) | 26 (3.9) | 20 (90.9) | 2 (9.1) | ||
Denkyembour | 3781 (95.2) | 192 (4.8) | 42 (97.7) | 1 (2.3) | ||
Kwaebibiraem | 1306 (92.8) | 102 (7.2) | 24 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Kwahu West | 1406 (99.3) | 10 (0.7) | 30 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Lower Manya Krobo | 3743 (98.7) | 48 (1.3) | 73 (90.1) | 8 (7.9) | ||
West Akim | 1248 (99.8) | 2 (0.2) | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | ||
Type of health facility | ||||||
Hospitals | 12 460 (99.0) | 61 (1.0) | <0.001 | 416 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
Health centres | 156 (48.9) | 163 (51.1) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | ||
Community Health Planning and Services and maternity homes | 81 (57.0) | 61 (43.0) | 9 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Type of phone | ||||||
Shared-use | 13 (2.8) | 452 (97.2) | 0.065 | 0 (0.00) | 4 (100.0) | 1.00 |
Individual-use | 11 993 (95.4) | 584 (4.6) | 418 (97.7) | 10 (2.3) | ||
Demographic location | ||||||
Remote | 164 (49.4) | 168 (50.6) | <0.001 | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
Non-remote | 101 (0.8) | 12 777 (99.2) | 430 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
*χ2 test performed in this case.