The Global Findex database provides this dataset, which likely contains the percentage of the global population aged 15 and over who do not own a smartphone due to factors like unreliable internet coverage or having attained at least a secondary education. The data is aggregated from the World Bank platform and focuses on measuring digital access disparities. Its specific temporal and geographic coverage requires verification after download.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the correlation between educational attainment and smartphone adoption across regions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling the impact of internet infrastructure gaps on technology ownership (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking digital divide indicators for policy intervention planning (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, sample data, and last update date are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Findex database
- Collection Method
- Survey-based data collection, likely through household surveys.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- Global coverage, likely country-level.