| Target name | Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women |
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| Indicator name | Proportion of individuals who use a mobile telephone within last three months, by sex, age group, education level and employment status |
| Global / Proxy indicator | Global indicator |
| Description of indicator | This indicator is defined as the ratio of individuals in the age group of 16-74 using mobile phones in the last quarter (January-February-March of the relevant year) within the total population of this age group. Adult individuals between the ages of 16-74 are included in the study. |
| Unit | % |
| Available disaggregation | Sex, age group, attained education level, employment status |
| Calculation | Proportion of individuals using mobile phones in the last three months = (Number of individuals aged 16-74 who used mobile phones in the last three months (January-February-March of the relevant year) / total population in the age group 16-74) * 100 |
| Comparability |
Produced in full compliance with global metadata. Calculations for the years 2018-2021 were produced in accordance with the definition expressed in the indicator. For 2022, "individuals using mobile phones" were calculated, not "individuals using mobile phones in the last 3 months". |
| Revision | - |
| Other information | - |
| Data source | TurkStat, Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Households and by Individuals |
| Data source link | https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Kategori/GetKategori?p=bilgi-teknolojileri-ve-bilgi-toplumu-102&dil=2 |
Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Households and by Individuals
| Sample coverage |
Coverage persons: All private households who are living in the territory of Republic of Turkey are covered. Residents of schools, dormitories, kinder-gartens, rest homes for elderly persons, special hospitals, military barracks and recreation quarters for officers are not covered. also the residential places having less than 1% of populations are left out of coverage since it is thought that not be able to reach enough sample household number. Individuals aged 16-74 are covered. All settlements in Turkey have been covered in sample selection. ICT Usage in Households and by Individuals Survey is applied to sample households selected by a 2 stage stratified clustered sample. In first stage; in all areas in the frame is divides into clusters (blocks) of approximately 100 households each. These were selected as probability proportional to size (PPS). In the second stage; the sample addresses are determined from selected clusters (blocks) by using systematic selection method. Statistical Region Units Classification Level 1 is used as the stratification criterion. Turkey sum for age group 16-74 and Classification of Statistical Region Units Level 1 is designed to produce estimates based on the totals. |
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| Sample size | - |
| Interview method | Computer-assisted personal interview method (CAPI) was used as data collection method until 2020, and computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) method was applied in 2020 and after. |
| Reference period for application of survey | The reference period is the first quarter of each year. The period between the reference period and the publication of data is 8 months. |
| Field survey time and duration | The research is carried out annually in April. |