Fig. 3: The digital divide in access to mobile technology around the globe.
From: Sex and gender differences and biases in artificial intelligence for biomedicine and healthcare
The bar plot reports how less likely a woman is to own a mobile phone than a man, according to a survey analysis on mobile ownership conducted by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in 2019, by geographical area (source: GSMA “The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020”51). For instance, in South Asia women are 23% less likely than men to be the owner of a mobile phone, while in Europe and Central Asia women are 1% more likely to be the owner of a mobile phone. Across LMICs (“Overall”), women are 8% less likely than men to own a mobile phone.
