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Table 3 Functionality attributes of the mobile phone application by gender

From: Utilization of a mobile phone application to increase access to sexual and reproductive health information, goods, and services among university students in Uganda

Attribute

Male, N (%)

Female, N (%)

All, N (%)

P-value

Clinics’ responsiveness

    

 Responsive

66 (47.5)

140 (59.6)

206 (55.1)

0.114

 Somewhat responsive

31 (22.3)

36 (15.3)

67 (18.4)

 

 Neutral

11 (7.9)

21 (8.9)

32 (8.6)

 

 Somewhat unresponsive

09 (6.5)

15 (6.4)

24 (6.2)

 

 Unresponsive

22 (15.8)

23 (9.8)

45 (12.0)

 

Delivery speed

    

 Fast

57 (41.0)

111 (47.2)

168 (44.9)

0.37

 Neutral

53 (38.1)

70 (29.8)

114 (31.9)

 

 A little late

16 (11.5)

26 (11.1)

42 (11.2)

 

 Very late

13 (9.4)

28 (11.9)

41 (11.0)

 

Substantial discount

    

 Discounted good or service

99 (71.2)

204 (86.8)

303 (81.0)

0.001*

 Discounted transportation

16 (11.5)

14 (6.0)

30 (8.1)

 

 No discount

24 (17.3)

17 (7.2)

41 (11.0)

 

Ease of payment

    

 Easy

79 (56.8)

163 (69.4)

242 (64.7)

0.079

 Neutral

38 (27.3)

42 (17.9)

80 (21.4)

 

 Somewhat difficult

12 (8.6)

19 (8.1)

31 (8.3)

 

 Very difficult

5 (7.2)

11 (4.7)

21 (5.6)

 

Experience of in-app ads

    

 Very distracting

02 (1.4)

04 (1.7)

06 (1.6)

0.225

 Somewhat distracting

05 (3.6)

07 (3.0)

12 (3.2)

 

 Neutral

08 (5.8)

10 (4.3)

18 (4.8)

 

 Minor distraction

28 (20.1)

26 (11.9)

56 (15.0)

 

 Not distracting at all

96 (69.1)

186 (79.2)

282 (75.4)

 

Ease of use of app

    

 Very easy

68 (48.9)

120 (51.1)

188 (50.3)

0.915

 Easy

36 (25.9)

63 (26.8)

99 (26.5)

 

 Neutral

13 (9.4)

18 (7.7)

31 (8.3)

 

 Difficult

22 (15.8)

34 (14.5)

56 (15.0)

 

Ease of in-app instructions

   

0.503

 Very easy

62 (43.2)

106 (45.1)

166 (44.4)

 

 Easy

64 (45.3)

91 (38.7)

154 (41.2)

 

 Neutral

05 (3.6)

13 (5.5)

18 (4.8)

 

 Difficult

11 (7.9)

25 (10.6)

36 (9.6)

 
  1. *Denotes significance at the 5% level