GENDER GAP IN USE = ([USE BY MALES-USE BY FEMALES]/USE BY MALES) X100 Year Used phone within the last hour Used phone within the day Used phone within the last week 2015 30% 24% 12% 2016 22% 18% 7% Figure 22: Last use of a phone - male vs. female From a socio-economic perspective, those belonging to higher SECs were found to be more frequent teleusers. Nearly 70% of those belonging to SEC A had made a call on the day of survey; they were also 3.5 times more likely to use a phone than those belonging to SEC E. Conversely, over ten percent of respondents belonging to SEC E had never made a phone call (Figure 23). In the last hour Earlier today Yesterday During the last one week During the last month During the last year Can’t Remember Never 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% A B C1 C2 D E Figure 23: Distribution of phone use by SEC (% of population aged 15-65) ICTs in Myanmar: 2016 37