Mobile Phone Usage by Adults with Primary Education or Less, Global Findex

Global Findex data on the percentage of adults aged 15 and over who used a mobile phone in the past three months, specifically for those with a primary education or less. The dataset is sourced from the World Bank's Global Findex database, which collects indicators on financial inclusion and related behaviors. The specific temporal coverage and geographic scope are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between low education levels and mobile phone adoption for financial services (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Benchmarking digital access gaps across different countries or regions for targeted policy interventions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Building predictive models for technology adoption based on demographic and educational attributes (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the World Bank platform, a major international financial institution.
• Sourced from the authoritative Global Findex database, a primary source for financial inclusion metrics.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Global Findex database

Collection Method

Likely collected via nationally representative surveys, as is standard for the Findex.

Time Range

The title suggests a three-month recall period, but the overall dataset time range is unknown.

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Global, as implied by the Global Findex source, but specific countries are unknown.