Mobile Phone Usage Among Female College Students

Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence and patterns of mobile phone use among female college
students.
Material & Methods: The colleges were selected by convenient sampling and grades were
selected randomly. The study population was 332 female students. The data was collected using
questionnaire. The research was carried out by the doctors of community medicine department of
Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore.
Results: Three colleges having total of 332 female students were surveyed for this research
purpose. A significant proportion of this study group (85.5%) was found to be using mobile
phones. Monthly mobile phone expenditure of 31.3% students was 100-200 rupees. 38%
students were sending less than 20 messages per day. Over 39.8% students used their mobiles
for less than an hour per day. So far as features of the mobile phone and their use were
concerned, text messaging was the most frequently used feature (63.6%). 10.2% of the students
were in the habit of using mobile phones during their classes whereas only 13.9% students
contacted their parents through mobile more than once per day.
Conclusion: The above research depicted extensive use of mobile phone among female
college students. Majority of the students were not using mobile phone during the class .The
students used mobile to chat with their friends through messaging and their expenditure and time
spent on phone was reasonable. Few of the girls were using mobile to contact their parents