Constructing sociodemographic indicators for national statistical institutes by using mobile phone data: estimating literacy rates in Senegal

• Published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in society Vol. 180; no. 4; pp. 1163 - 1190
• Main Authors: Schmid, Timo, Bruckschen, Fabian, Salvati, Nicola, Zbiranski, Till
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.10.2017; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Cell phones; Cellular telephones; Censuses; Communications technology; Data collection; Developing countries; Indicators; Information technology; Infrastructure; LDCs; Literacy; Mobile phones; Model‐based estimation; Official statistics; Small area estimation; Sociodemographics

Modern systems of official statistics require the accurate and timely estimation of sociodemographic indicators for disaggregated geographical regions. Traditional data collection methods such as censuses or household surveys impose great financial and organizational burdens on national statistical...