Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey.

Women of reproductive age have significantly lower phone access use than the households they belong to and marginalized women have the least phone access. Existing phone access for rural women did not improve their health care utilization but was associated with greater utilization for urban women. Without addressing these biases, digital health programs may be at risk of worsening existing health inequities.