The impact of biases in mobile phone ownership on estimates of human mobility

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 81, 2013, Pages

  Wesolowski, Amy ^a   Eagle, Nathan ^b,c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^d,e   Snow, Robert W ^d,e   Buckee, Caroline O ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human mobility; Mobile phone; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; MOBILE PHONES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TELEPHONE SETS;

DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; HEALTH RESEARCH; HUMAN MOBILITY; HUMAN POPULATION; MOBILE PHONE DATASETS; MOBILE PHONE DATUM; MOBILITY PATTERN; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

E-LEARNING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCOME; KENYA; MIGRATION; MOBILE PHONE; OWNERSHIP BIAS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; KENYA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875754510     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0986     Document Type: Article

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