Table 2: ownership of communication devices among the study participants by region and residence, 2012, Ethiopia

Region

Mobile phone

N (%)

Radio

N (%)

TV

N (%)

Addis Ababa

28(87.5)

32(100)

30(93.8)

Afar

154(58.1)

204(77.9)

103(39.0)

Amhara

174 (64.7)

133(49.3)

94(35.1)

Benishangul G.

173 (54.6)

158(49.7)

72 (22.6)

Dire Dawa

113(54.6)

109(52.9)

115(55.8)

Gambella

147 (56.3)

61(23.4)

22(8.4)

Harari

129(65.5)

124(64.2)

118(61.1)

Oromiya

135 (56.2)

145 (60.7)

44(18.6)

SNNPR

81( 47.6)

97(57.4)

36(21.2)

Somali

92(44.2)

133 (67.2)

41(20.0)

Tigray

67 (69.8)

38(39.2)

25(25.8)

Residence

Urban

687 (77.3)

549 (62.5)

551 (62.5)

Rural

606 (44.1)

685 (50.1)

149 (10.9)

Average

1299 (57.2)

1249 (55.0)

706 (31.1)