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Women’s Mobile Phone Handset Ownership

Women’s Mobile Phone Handset Ownership includes 9 items from a large 11-country survey of women’s mobile phone ownership. This measure asks women that currently own handsets how they acquired or selected the mobile device. The original questionnaire can be located here.

Categories

Geographies Tested: China,Colombia,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Jordan,Kenya,Mexico,Niger,Turkey

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range: Adolescents, Adults

Items:

1. How many working handsets do you own (handset that you carry with you most of the day)?

Response Options:
___ Numeric (open-ended)

2. How did you get this handset?

Response Options:
I went to a shop and bought it - 1
A friend or relative went to a shop and bought it on my behalf - 2
It was a gift from my friend or relative - 3
A friend or relative gave it to me as it was a handset that they no longer needed - 4
It was given to me by my employer - 5
It was given to me by a local leader or community organizationgroup - 6
I received it as part of a subscription or service contract - 7
Other (please specify):____ - 97

3. Only if answered “2. A friend or relative went to a shop and bought it on my behalf” or “3. It was a gift from my friend or relative” or “4. A friend or relative gave it to me as it was a handset that they no longer needed” to previous question: Who gave you this handset or went to the shop on your behalf?

Response Options:
Spouse (husband or wife) - 1
My son - 2
My daughter - 3
My fatherfather-in-law - 4
My mothermother-in-law - 5
Another male family member (brother, cousin, uncle…) - 6
Another female family member (sister, cousin, aunt…) - 7
A male friend (including neighbors) - 8
A female friend (including neighbors) - 9
Other (please specify):____ - 97

4. Did you have to pay for this handset?

Response Options:
Yes, I paid a fee or it was part of my overall subscription fee as a postpaid connection - 1
No, I bartered it against products andor services - 2
No - 3

5. If “1. Yes, I paid a fee or it was part of my overall subscription fee as a postpaid” to previous question: Who paid for this handset?

Response Options:
My own money - 1
The general household budget - 2
My spouse (husband or wife) - 3
My son - 4
My daughter - 5
My fatherfather-in-law - 6
My mothermother-in-law - 7
Another male family member (brother, cousin, uncle,…) - 8
Another female family member (sister, cousin, aunt,…) - 9
A male friend (including neighbors) - 1
0 A female friend (including neighbors) - 1
1 Other (please specify):____ -98

6. Only if answered “1. My own money” or “2. The general household budget” to previous question: Did you have to ask the permission to spend this money?

Response Options:
Yes - 1
No – 2

7. What role, if any, did you play in selecting your handset?

Response Options:
The decision was made by another person(s) (without any input from me) - 1
I contributed my input, but another person(s) made the final decision - 2
I made the decision – 3

8. Which person was the most influential in making or helping you make the decision on your handset?

Response Options:
The dealershopkeeper - 1
Local leader or community organizationgroup - 2
My spouse (husband or wife) - 3
My son - 4
My daughter - 5
My fatherfather-in-law - 6
My mothermother-in-law - 7
Another male family member (brother, cousin, uncle,…) - 8
Another female family member (sister, cousin, aunt,…) - 9
A male friend (including neighbors) - 1
0 A female friend (including neighbors) - 1
1 Nobody influenced my choice of handset - 1
2 Other (please specify):____ - 97

9. Who first taught you to use this handset?

Response Options:
I worked it out for myself - 1
My spouse (husband or wife) - 2
My son - 3
My daughter - 4
My fatherfather-in-law - 5
My mothermother-in-law - 6
Another male family member (brother, cousin, uncle,…) - 7
Another female family member (sister, cousin, aunt,…) - 8
A male friend (including neighbors) - 9
A female friend (including neighbors) - 10
The dealerthe shopkeeper - 11
The call-centre of my mobile operator - 12
Local leader or community organizationgroup - 13
Other (please specify):____ - 97

Scoring Procedures

Not Applicable

Original Citation

Santosham, S. & Lindsey, D. (2015). Bridging the gender gap: Mobile access and usage in low- and middle-income countries. https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Connected-Women-Gender-Gap.pdf


Psychometric Score

Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

KEY

Ease of Use

Readability

Scoring Clarity

Length

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