Baseline Characteristics of Mobile Phone Use Duration in the General Population

A dataset providing baseline characteristics related to mobile phone use duration among the general population. The dataset was authored by Shaoguang Ren and last updated on May 22, 2026. It is a small, 9.5 KB Excel file available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Establish baseline statistics for mobile phone use duration based on the described characteristics.
• Analyze correlations between demographic factors and phone use duration based on the baseline variables.
• Model population-level technology adoption or usage habits based on the baseline characteristics.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
• File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a lightweight and easily accessible resource.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

Shaoguang Ren via figshare.

Collection Method

Method of data gathering is not specified in the provided metadata.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:28:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic scope is not specified in the provided metadata.