Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption

Limited understanding exists regarding the involvement of digital technologies in population and housing censuses (PHCs) or national housing survey (NHS) due to the historical dominance of paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI). To address this gap, this study investigates the adoption of digital cens...

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Autor principal: Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley
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Publicado: Springer 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159988
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description Limited understanding exists regarding the involvement of digital technologies in population and housing censuses (PHCs) or national housing survey (NHS) due to the historical dominance of paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI). To address this gap, this study investigates the adoption of digital census methods in Ghana's PHC using mixed-methods approach. The qualitative analysis identified challenges related to household surveys, including political interference, inadequate remuneration for census officers, financial constraints, and difficulties with software upgrades and GPS access. These inhibitors can be categorized into individual, technological, environmental and administrative factors. Quantitative findings revealed that performance expectance, social influence, facilitating conditions and organizational influence significantly influence field officers' intention to use digital census tools. Given the nascent research on digital technologies in the NHS, the empirical findings from this study provide a valuable foundation for informing their use in various countries.
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spelling CGSpace1599882025-12-08T10:29:22Z Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley digital divide development behavioural sciences population censuses Limited understanding exists regarding the involvement of digital technologies in population and housing censuses (PHCs) or national housing survey (NHS) due to the historical dominance of paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI). To address this gap, this study investigates the adoption of digital census methods in Ghana's PHC using mixed-methods approach. The qualitative analysis identified challenges related to household surveys, including political interference, inadequate remuneration for census officers, financial constraints, and difficulties with software upgrades and GPS access. These inhibitors can be categorized into individual, technological, environmental and administrative factors. Quantitative findings revealed that performance expectance, social influence, facilitating conditions and organizational influence significantly influence field officers' intention to use digital census tools. Given the nascent research on digital technologies in the NHS, the empirical findings from this study provide a valuable foundation for informing their use in various countries. 2024-06-04 2024-11-20T13:21:35Z 2024-11-20T13:21:35Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159988 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Ofosu-ampong, K. (2024) Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption. In: Eilu, E., Pettersson, J.S., Baguma, R., Bhutkar, G. (eds) Rethinking ICT Adoption Theories in the Developing World. Signals and communication technology. Springer Nature Link , Online first paper(2024-06-04). p. 71-93. ISSN: 1860-4862
spellingShingle digital divide
development
behavioural sciences
population censuses
Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley
Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption
title Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption
title_full Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption
title_fullStr Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption
title_full_unstemmed Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption
title_short Digitizing development: Enablers and inhibitors of mobile app-based population census adoption
title_sort digitizing development enablers and inhibitors of mobile app based population census adoption
topic digital divide
development
behavioural sciences
population censuses
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159988
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