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Proportion Of Individuals Who Own A Mobile Telephone, By Sex
Indicator detail
5.b.1 Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
Proxy indicator – a substitute indicator for which data are not available according to the relevant UN methodology.
Metadata
| Relevance/rationale of the indicator (resp. why the indicator was chosen to measure the target and how it is suitable for these purposes) | Mobile phone networks have spread rapidly over the last decade and the number of mobile-cellular subscriptions is quasi equal to the number of the people living on earth. However, not every person uses, or owns a mobile-cellular telephone. Mobile phone ownership, in particular, is important to track gender equality since the mobile phone is a personal device that, if owned and not just shared, provides women with a degree of independence and autonomy, including for professional purposes. A number of studies have highlighted the link between mobile phone ownership and empowerment, and productivity growth. Existing data on the proportion of women owning a mobile phone suggest that less women than men own a mobile phone. This indicator highlights the importance of mobile phone ownership to track and to improve gender equality, and monitoring will help design targeted policies to overcome the gender divide. |
| Target value of the indicator and its evaluation | |
| Definition | Share of the individuals using a mobile phone (either smartphone or mobile phone without operating system) in a given socio-demographic group. It does not matter if the phone was private or employer’s. The Czech statistical Office does not measure ownership of a mobile phone, rather its usage. |
| Measuring unit | % |
| Indicator disaggregation | By sex |
| Reference period (resp. the period to which the indicator relates) | 2nd quarter of a given year |
| Related geographical area | CZ (NUTS 0) |
| Comment | Data for indicator 5.b.1 are not available according to the relevant UN methodology. Therefore, a proxy indicator was designed, which can be used as a substitute for reporting indicator 5.b.1. Data for 2018 and later are not fully comparable with data for previous years. Until 2017 people were asked if they had used a mobile phone at least once in the 3 months prior to questionning. Since 2018 the people have been asked just about using – it is expected that they use a mobile phone regularly. Results for the Czech Republic show that there is not any more difference between genders. Also the indicator is already saturated. In such case it is more important to collect data about types of phones which are used and and mainly about activities which are performed on these phones. |
| Update periodicity | Annually |
| Time coverage since | 2005 |
| Time coverage until | 2023 |
| Time series available at the data provider since | 2005 |
| Data publication date (resp. the date when the data provider publishes (regularly) data; it is given in the format T + the number of days, months or years when T is the end of the reference period) | T+7m |
| Contact point - data provider - e-mail | lenka.weichetova@csu.gov.cz |
| Contact point - data provider - name | Lenka Weichetová |
| Data source | Czech Statistical Office |
| Data origin | Sample survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals |
| Links to detailed metadata or methodology | https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-05-0B-01.pdf https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/ict-v-domacnostech-a-jejich-vyuzivani-jednotlivci-zdroje-dat-metodika-setreni |
| Links to international comparison | https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/digital-economy-and-society/overview |