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. 2020 Sep 30;11:4961. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18190-5

Table 2.

Epidemiologically-relevant behaviors captured in mobile phone data.

What is captured? What is not captured?
Spatially and temporally aggregated mobility (CDRs, GPS)

• Changes in population-level mobility and clustering behaviors in response to NPIs

• Rates at which individuals move between locations

• Potential transmission links between locations

• Hourly or daily movements

• Changes in individual behavior, trajectories, or specific routes

• Differences in how individuals use their phone

• Distinction between movement with high vs low risk of transmission

• Transmission chains within locations

Proximity networks (Bluetooth, contact tracing applications)

• Relationship between individual’s behavior and infection status

• Fine-scale clustering and contact data

• Distinction between proximate individuals who are in direct contact or not in contact

• Non-proximal interactions that may be involved in transmission