Rural mobile owners lagged behind the urban population in their usage of such features/
applications (Figure 57). Furthermore, a large gap in usage was visible between mobile
owners of high-spending households and low-spending households (Figure 58). The
growth in its use between 2015 and 2016 surpassed that of Facebook (Figures 59 and 60).
The survey suggests that 35% of mobile owners used Facebook - of whom 60% accessed
it daily. Facebook use has grown by 67% between 2015 and 2016, faster than the growth
in mobile ownership (Figure 60).
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72
Network calls
Facebook
35
Chat/messaging apps
36
62
Missed calls
48
Text messages
29
Internet calls
25
Offline games
Searching for information on the Internet
13
Sharing pictures
29
Onling gaming/downloading games
9
Receiving updates (news etc.)
10
Downloading pictures/music/video content
15
Streaming music/videos
15
Downloading apps
11
Accessing government services online
4
Email
6
Wikipedia
2
Mobile money/banking
2
Figure 59: Uses of mobile phone (% of mobile owners aged 15-65)
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