Is the lack of smartphone data skewing wealth indices in low-income settings?

Smartphones have rapidly become an important marker of wealth in low- and middle-income countries, but international household surveys do not regularly gather data on smartphone ownership and these data are rarely used to calculate wealth indices.

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Hauptverfasser: Poirier, Mathieu J. P. (VerfasserIn) , Bärnighausen, Till (VerfasserIn) , Harling, Guy (VerfasserIn) , Sié, Ali (VerfasserIn) , Grépin, Karen A. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 01 February 2021
In: Population health metrics
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 19, Pages: 1-15
ISSN:1478-7954
DOI:10.1186/s12963-021-00246-3
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Verfasserangaben:Mathieu J.P. Poirier, Till Bärnighausen, Guy Harling, Ali Sié and Karen A. Grépin
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Zusammenfassung:Smartphones have rapidly become an important marker of wealth in low- and middle-income countries, but international household surveys do not regularly gather data on smartphone ownership and these data are rarely used to calculate wealth indices.
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Beschreibung:Online Resource
ISSN:1478-7954
DOI:10.1186/s12963-021-00246-3