Is the lack of smartphone data skewing wealth indices in low-income settings?

Abstract Background Smartphones have rapidly become an important marker of wealth in low- and middle-income countries, but international household surveys do not regularly gather data on smartphone ownership and these data are rarely used to calculate wealth indices. Methods We developed a cross-sec...

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Main Authors: Mathieu J. P. Poirier, Till Bärnighausen, Guy Harling, Ali Sié, Karen A. Grépin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00246-3