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Table 3 Sample sizes and distributions by ownership of no cell phone, all cell phones, regular cell phones, smartphones, and all households for all wealth index variables

From: Is the lack of smartphone data skewing wealth indices in low-income settings?

Asset class

Asset

N

No cell (N = 488)

All cells (N = 2540)

Regular cell (N = 2009)

Smartphone (N = 531)

Overall (N = 3028)

Agriculture

Hectares of land

2989

2.28

4.30

3.91

4.25

3.97

Agriculture

Cows

3026

1.49

3.97

3.38

4.47

3.57

Agriculture

Horses

3026

0.51

1.19

1.06

1.15

1.08

Agriculture

Goats

3027

2.03

4.08

3.68

4.03

3.75

Agriculture

Sheep

3021

0.72

3.42

2.82

3.76

2.98

Agriculture

Other animals

3028

0.37

0.44

0.41

0.53

0.43

Agriculture

Poultry

3026

3.49

10.31

8.73

11.50

9.21

Community

Electricity

3028

3.5%

16.6%

10.9%

31.3%

14.5%

Community

Bank account

3028

0.4%

12.2%

6.5%

28.1%

10.3%

Cooking fuel

Gas

3028

0.0%

0.9%

0.2%

3.8%

0.8%

Cooking fuel

Wood charcoal

3028

94.3%

97.0%

97.0%

94.4%

96.6%

Cooking fuel

No meals in house

3028

5.7%

2.0%

2.8%

1.9%

2.6%

Durables

Number of cell phones

3026

0.00

2.80

2.05

3.78

2.35

Durables

Owns smartphone

3028

0.0%

20.9%

0.0%

100.0%

17.5%

Durables

Smartphones owned

3028

0.00

0.39

0.00

1.87

0.33

Durables

Buys mobile data

3028

0.0%

5.4%

0.0%

25.6%

4.5%

Durables

Radio

3028

12.9%

42.6%

33.3%

58.9%

37.8%

Durables

TV

3028

2.5%

30.5%

21.5%

46.7%

26.0%

Durables

Phone

3028

0.0%

1.1%

0.8%

1.5%

1.0%

Durables

Computer

3028

0.0%

2.2%

0.5%

7.9%

1.8%

Durables

Fridge

3028

0.8%

3.8%

1.7%

10.9%

3.3%

Durables

Table

3028

4.3%

22.4%

16.6%

33.0%

19.5%

Durables

Chair

3028

76.2%

94.0%

90.0%

96.4%

91.1%

Durables

Wardrobe/bookcase

3028

0.4%

6.1%

2.8%

16.2%

5.2%

Durables

Watch

3028

3.1%

15.1%

10.3%

26.6%

13.2%

Durables

Bike

3028

62.5%

93.8%

87.7%

94.0%

88.8%

Durables

Scooter

3028

10.9%

60.2%

48.1%

71.9%

52.2%

Durables

Cart

3028

24.8%

62.0%

54.4%

63.3%

56.0%

Durables

Car

3028

0.0%

1.2%

0.3%

4.3%

1.0%

Housing

Kitchen

3028

36.9%

72.1%

63.6%

79.8%

66.4%

Housing

Number of bedrooms

3025

1.84

3.58

3.16

3.95

3.30

Sanitation

Shared toilet

3028

16.2%

29.6%

26.5%

32.0%

27.4%

Sanitation

Flush toilet

3028

0.0%

0.5%

0.2%

1.1%

0.4%

Sanitation

Latrine with improved ventilation

3028

0.0%

0.4%

0.2%

0.8%

0.3%

Sanitation

Latrines with slabs

3028

14.3%

41.0%

34.1%

48.8%

36.7%

Sanitation

Latrine without slabs / open pit

3028

8.8%

15.4%

15.0%

11.3%

14.4%

Sanitation

Composting toilets

3028

3.9%

4.8%

3.5%

10.0%

4.7%

Sanitation

No toilet

3028

73.0%

38.0%

46.9%

28.1%

43.6%

Water source

Time to fetch water

3024

15.8

11.8

12.8

10.6

12.4

Water source

Tap water in house

3028

0.0%

2.0%

0.6%

6.8%

1.7%

Water source

Tap water in yard

3028

0.6%

2.0%

1.2%

4.7%

1.8%

Water source

Shared tap water

3028

9.4%

10.2%

9.2%

14.1%

10.1%

Water source

Well with pump

3028

23.4%

18.7%

20.0%

16.9%

19.5%

Water source

Protected well

3028

24.4%

29.8%

29.3%

26.9%

28.9%

Water source

Non protected well

3028

39.3%

35.1%

37.2%

29.2%

35.8%

Water source

Protected source

3028

1.0%

0.4%

0.6%

0.2%

0.5%

Water source

Non protected source

3028

0.2%

1.0%

0.9%

0.8%

0.9%

Water source

Other water source

3028

1.6%

0.7%

1.0%

0.4%

0.9%

Expenditure

Monthly expenditure (CFA franc)

3028

16748

44691

36246

58726

40188