ALIGN BRIEFING - The more, the merrier? Gender norms and access to digital

5 In Mozambique, women in matrilineal contexts have more decision-making power than those in patrilineal contexts, with matrilineality dominating in the cities located in the north of the country and parts of the centre, whereas patrilinity dominates in the cities located in the south (Van Houweling, 2016). [...] Among all three measures of access to digital technology, the frequent use of computers was the lowest: young men (44%) were more than twice as likely as young women (21%) to use a computer frequently.18 The descriptive analysis of the MUVA data shows that education, household wealth and city of residence are among key predictors of the gender gap in digital access in Mozambique (see Box 1 for mor. [...] 17 The proportion of young women and young men owning a smart phone in the MUVA data is comparable to that among adult women and men in the GSMA report (46% and 56%, respectively). [...] 24 The more, the merrier? Gender norms and access to digital technology among urban youth in Mozambique The importance of digital technology relative to other socio-economic factors in influencing decision-making Our multivariate analysis shows that age, education, employment status, financial autonomy, and the city of residence are among the most significant factors in decision-making patterns. [...] We also run two specifications: one using the intensity of social media as the number of social media accounts; and the second controlling for the frequency of usage instead of the number of social media accounts.