Table of Contents
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
1. Socio-Economic Status ....................................................................................................................... 20
1.1. Labor and earnings ............................................................................................................................. 20
1.2. Household income and expenditure ................................................................................................ 24
1.3Type of housing .................................................................................................................................... 24
1.4 Electricity ............................................................................................................................................... 28
1.5 Transportation ...................................................................................................................................... 31
2. ICT ownership and use ......................................................................................................................... 32
2.1 Household ICT ownership ................................................................................................................... 32
2.2 Individual use of ICTs 2.2.1 Most recent use of a phone .................................................................. 34
2.2.2 Type of phone last used .................................................................................................................... 34
2.2.3 Purpose of last phone call ................................................................................................................ 39
2.2.4 Ownership of the phone last used ................................................................................................... 43
3.Mobile ownership and expenditure ................................................................................................. 47
3.1 Mobile ownership demographics ....................................................................................................... 54
3.2 Smartphone ownership ....................................................................................................................... 57
3.3 Operator market shares ....................................................................................................................... 57
3.4 Ownership of multiple SIMs................................................................................................................. 58
3.5 Expenditure on mobile phones and top ups..................................................................................... 61
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