| Title |
New Approaches to Human Mobility: Using Mobile Phones for Demographic Research
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Demography, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-012-0175-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John R. B. Palmer, Thomas J. Espenshade, Frederic Bartumeus, Chang Y. Chung, Necati Ercan Ozgencil, Kathleen Li |
| Abstract |
This article explores new methods for gathering and analyzing spatially rich demographic data using mobile phones. It describes a pilot study (the Human Mobility Project) in which volunteers around the world were successfully recruited to share GPS and cellular tower information on their trajectories and respond to dynamic, location-based surveys using an open-source Android application. The pilot study illustrates the great potential of mobile phone methodology for moving spatial measures beyond residential census units and investigating a range of important social phenomena, including the heterogeneity of activity spaces, the dynamic nature of spatial segregation, and the contextual dependence of subjective well-being. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Argentina | 1 | 14% |
| Australia | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 244 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 77 | 29% |
| Researcher | 38 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 46 | 17% |
| Unknown | 40 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 83 | 31% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 18 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 5% |
| Engineering | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 59 | 22% |
| Unknown | 57 | 21% |
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