Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data.

ABSTRACT: The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet remains highly unequal, especially by gender in the context of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While national-level estimates are increasingly available for many countries, reliable, quantitative estimates of digital gender inequalities at the subnational level are lacking. These estimates, however, are essential for monitoring gaps within countries and implementing targeted interventions within the global sustainable development goals, which emphasize the need to close inequalities both between and within countries. We develop estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender and digital gender gaps at the subnational level for 2,075

SUBMITTER: Breen CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12557523 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature