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Table 2 Agreement between self-reported and observed cell phone characteristics and texting styles among young adults ages 18–24, by gender and study protocol

From: A validity study of self-reported daily texting frequency, cell phone characteristics, and texting styles among young adults

	Percent (95% CI)
	All	Gender*		Study protocol*
		(n = 105)		(n = 106)
		Male	Female	A ^a	B ^b
Cell phone characteristics
Input device match^{^}	96	98	95	98	95
Input device match^{^}	(91, 99)	(89, 100)	(85, 99)	(90, 100)	(85, 99)
		χ ² = 0.853, p = 0.356		χ ² = 0.963, p = 0.327
Key configuration match^{^}	89	88	89	85	93
Key configuration match^{^}	(81, 94)	(75, 95)	(77, 96)	(71, 93)	(81, 98)
		χ ² = 0.047, p = 0.828		χ ² = 1.599, p = 0.206
Texting styles
Phone orientation match^{^}	93	92	95	89	96
Phone orientation match^{^}	(86, 97)	(81, 98)	(85, 99)	(77, 96)	(87, 100)
		χ ² = 0.273, p = 0.602		χ ² = 2.330, p = 0.127
Hands holding phone match^{^}	37	38	36	36	39
Hands holding phone match^{^}	(29, 48)	(25, 54)	(24, 50)	(24, 51)	(26, 54)
		χ ² = 0.064, p = 0.800		χ ² = 0.106, p = 0.745

^*Degrees of freedom = 1.
^{^}Observed characteristic matched the self-reported response from the questionnaire.
^aSelf-administered questionnaire first, then observation of texting task.
^bObservation of texting task first, then self-administered questionnaire.

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