Global Findex database provides survey data on the percentage of adults aged 15 and over with secondary education or more who do not own a smartphone due to difficulties reading or typing. The dataset likely contains cross-country indicators derived from a global survey. Its specific temporal coverage and row count are not provided in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the correlation between education levels and smartphone adoption barriers across countries (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking national digital divide metrics for policy intervention planning (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Training models to predict technology accessibility gaps based on demographic and educational factors (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, file formats, and last update date are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Findex database
- Collection Method
- Likely gathered via global survey.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- Likely global coverage, but specific countries are unknown.