Global Findex database data on the percentage of the population aged 15 and older who do not own a smartphone because they do not need one, segmented by those with secondary education or higher. The dataset is published by the World Bank. Its specific temporal and geographic coverage requires verification after download.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the correlation between educational attainment and perceived necessity of smartphones (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking digital access gaps across different demographic groups (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Informing policy on digital literacy and infrastructure investment (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the World Bank platform.
- Sourced from the authoritative Global Findex database.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Findex database
- Collection Method
- Demographic survey
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- Global