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. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 2 | 29% |
Mexico | 1 | 14% |
Argentina | 1 | 14% |
Australia | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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% |