Smartphones were the most used devices among women last year based on a new survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Department of Information Communications Technology released on Friday.
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Out of eight devices included in the survey, basic cellphones and portable computers followed as the commonly used devices by women. This was followed by Calabarzon with 92.1% of the 4,148 households, and Central Luzon with 91.3% of 3,030 households. While both employed and unemployed women used smartphones , more employed women used desktop computers with 18.6% of the total, compared with 4.7% of unemployed women.
While improvements in internet coverage and speed also boosted digitalization, the Philippines remains behind compared with ASEAN peers, she added.
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