Mobile phone ownership among young adults in seven Southern African countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In sub-Saharan Africa, mHealth interventions and phone-based data collection are increasingly popular but little is known about who can be reached by these programmes. We used national probability surveys to examine characteristics of youth (15-24 years) mobile phone owners in seven Southern African countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Methods

Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys are cross-sectional, nationally representative household-based surveys conducted between November 2019 and February 2022. Data were analysed using multivariable logistic regression.

Results

Eighty-four percent of youth in Eswatini, 83% in Botswana, 76% in Lesotho, 61% in Zimbabwe, 47% in Mozambique, 46% in Zambia and 32% in Mal

SUBMITTER: Greenleaf AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12006829 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature