New approaches to human mobility: using mobile phones for demographic research.
Demography
; 50(3): 1105-28, 2013 Jun.
Article
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| ID: mdl-23192393
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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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dinâmica Populacional
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Demografia
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Coleta de Dados
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Telefone Celular
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Sistemas de Informação Geográfica
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Demography
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos