Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey

dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Asha
dc.contributor.authorMohan, Diwakar
dc.contributor.authorBashingwa, Jean Juste Harrisson
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-12T09:39:39Z
dc.date.available2021-01-12T09:39:39Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe disruptive potential of mobile phones in catalyzing development is increasingly being recognized. However, numerous gaps remain in access to phones and their influence on health care utilization. In this cross-sectional study from India, we assess the gaps in women’s access to phones, their influencing factors, and their influence on health care utilization. Methods Data drawn from the 2015 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) in India included a national sample of 45,231 women with data on phone access. Survey design weighted estimates of household phone ownership and women’s access among different population subgroups are presented. Multilevel logistic models explored the association of phone access with a wide range of maternal and child health indicators. Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition is used to decompose the gaps between women with and without phone access in health care utilization into components explained by background characteristics influencing phone access (endowments) and unexplained components (coefficients), potentially attributable to phone access itself. Findings Phone ownership at the household level was 92.8% (95% CI: 92.6–930%), with rural ownership at 91.1% (90.8–91.4%) and urban at 97.1% (96.7–97.3%).en_US
dc.identifier.citationGeorge, A. et al. (2020). Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey.nPLoS ONE ,15(7),e0236078en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.uri10.1371/journal.pone.0236078
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5647
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.subjectMobile phoneen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectFemaleen_US
dc.subjectHealth Statusen_US
dc.subjectFamily healthen_US
dc.titleDoes having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Surveyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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