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Table 2 List of features derived from the Facebook advertising audience estimate data. All features, with the exception of Facebook penetration, are the fraction of Facebook users in the targeted location who use a given network/device type to access Facebook. All data are for users aged 18+. The Facebook penetration is the number of users divided by the total population of the location; where there were more estimated users than the estimated population the value was capped at 1. Note that according to the Facebook audience estimates, of all users who use a smartphone, the percentage who do not use either of the three specified Mobile OS types (Android, iOS, Windows) are 61% (India) and 51% (Philippines); of all users, the percentage who do not use either of the four specified network types (2G, 3G, 4G, WiFi) to access Facebook are 25% (India) and 37% (Philippines)

From: Mapping socioeconomic indicators using social media advertising data

Feature type

Feature Description

Correlation with cluster Wealth Index

Philippines

India

 

Facebook penetration

0.664

0.555

Network access

2G Network

0.115

0.346

3G Network

−0.378

0.296

4G Network

0.693

0.003

WiFi

0.740

0.524

Mobile OS

Android

0.449

0.510

iOS

0.663

0.567

Windows phones

0.387

0.357

High-end phones

Apple iPhone X

0.573

0.435

Apple iPhone X/8/8 Plus

0.628

0.454

Samsung Galaxy phone S9+

0.540

0.391

Samsung Galaxy phone S8/S8+/S9/S9+

0.643

0.499

Samsung Galaxy phone S8/S8+/S9/S9+ or Apple iPhone X/8/8 Plus

0.669

0.524

Other device types

All mobile devices

0.264

−0.061

Feature phones

0.096

0.163

Smartphone and tablets

0.217

−0.072

Tablet

0.492

0.423

Cherry mobile

−0.275

VIVO mobile devices

0.539

0.024

Huawei mobile devices

0.534

0.292

Oppo mobile devices

0.499

0.129

Oppo/VIVO/Cherry devices

0.184

0.013

Samsung Android devices

0.123

0.087