The Global Findex database from the World Bank provides data on financial inclusion. This specific dataset likely contains survey-based indicators on the percentage of individuals aged 15 and over who do not own a mobile phone because they use someone else's, segmented by those with secondary education or more. The data is sourced from the World Bank's Global Findex initiative.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the correlation between education levels and mobile phone borrowing behavior (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling demographic barriers to personal mobile phone ownership (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking financial inclusion indicators across countries and regions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the World Bank platform, a major international institution.
- 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 file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Global Findex database
- Collection Method
- Likely gathered via global household surveys.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- Likely global coverage, but specific countries are unknown.