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Grameen Telecom's Village Phone Programme:
A Multi-Media Case Study
 

A.13 Survey Data

The following is a list of graphic representations of the data collected October-November 1999 during TDG fieldwork. This data is a result of one-on-one interviews with 292 Grameen Bank members in rural Bangladesh. A complete description of our research methodology can be viewed here.

Demographic Information on All Survey Respondents (n=292)

  • Phone users vs. non-phone users
  • Age
  • Marital status
  • Education level
  • Occupation
  • Number of family members working abroad
  • Average monthly income received from overseas
  • Average monthly income per household (not including money from overseas)
  • Number of cattle owned by household
  • Radio ownership by household
  • Television ownership by household
  • Amount of money spent to build house
  • Residency in the surveyed area
  • Residency and gender
  • Occupation and gender
  • Occupation and average monthly income (from both abroad and local sources)
  • Per-capita income and phone usage
  • Average monthly income and phone usage
  • Number of family members working overseas and average amount of monthly money received from overseas
  • Number of family members working abroad and phone usage
  • Percentage of income received from abroad in relation to total monthly income and phone usage
  • Cattle ownership and phone usage
  • Television ownership and phone use

    • Data on Non-Phone Users (n=98)

  • Reasons for not using the phone
  • Use of phone by all household members
  • Number of family members working abroad
  • Distance willing to travel in order to make a phone call (purpose of call = urgent financial matter with family overseas)
  • Amount willing to pay for a 3-minute phone call (purpose of call = urgent financial matter with family overseas)
  • Main purpose for using telephone IF respondent became a phone user
  • Preference for gender of phone operator

    • Data on Phone Users (n=194)

  • Usage of telephone within the last three months
  • Preference of male phone users for phone owner's gender (n=32)
  • Preference of female phone users for phone owner's gender (n=162)
  • Preference vs. reality for phone operator's gender
  • Normal distance traveled to make a phone call
  • Use of phone by all household members
  • Average number of phone calls per month
  • Average length of each paid telephone call
  • Average monthly spending on phone calls (in Taka)
  • Suggested improvements to telephones
  • Willingness to spend more per month on phone calls if improvements made
  • Amount of money respondent is willing to pay for installing a private telephone
  • Amount willing to pay for a 3-minute call (reason for calling = urgent financial matter with family member in Bangladesh)
  • Amount willing to pay for a 3-minute call (reason for calling = social call within Bangladesh)
  • Amount willing to pay for a 3-minute call (reason for calling = urgent financial matter with family member overseas)
  • Comparison of amount willing to pay for a 3-minute call (in Taka)
  • Distance willing to travel to make a phone call (reason for calling = urgent financial matter with family member overseas)
  • Amount of time willing to retry in order to make a phone call
  • Main reason for using telephone
  • Gender of phone operator used for most recent call
  • Location of person spoken with during most recent phone call
  • Purpose of most recent phone call
  • Direction of most recent phone call
  • Duration of most recent phone call
  • Distance traveled to make the most recent phone call
  • Cost of most recent phone call (in Taka)
  • Average length of phone calls compared to average number of phone calls per month
  • Direction and duration of most recent phone call
  • Direction of most recent phone call and location of person spoken with
  • Relationship between direction of the most recent phone call and location of person spoken with
  • Duration of most recent call and location of person spoken with
  • Present level of spending on phone calls and willingness to spend more if improvements made
  • Age and willingness to spend more on phone calls if improvements made
  • Occupation and willingness to spend more on phone calls if improvements made
  • Average amount of money received from overseas compared to willingness to spend more on phone calls if improvements made
  • Number of family members working abroad compared to willingness to pay more on phone calls if improvements made
  • Age and average amount of money spent each month on phone calls
  • Age and average number of phone calls per month
  • Age and average length of phone calls
  • Occupation and average amount of money spent each month on phone calls
  • Occupation and average number of phone calls per month
  • Occupation and average length of phone calls
  • Occupation and amount willing to pay for installing a private telephone
  • Relationship between the willingness to pay for installing a phone line and average monthly income (Amount 10001-20000 takas)
  • Average amount of money received from overseas compared to the average amount of money spent each month on phone calls
  • Average amount of money received from overseas compared to the average number of phone calls per month
  • Relationship between average monthly income and willingness to pay 301-600 Taka for a 3-minute phone call (purpose of call = urgent financial matter with family in Bangladesh)

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