Telephone subscriptions linked to women aged 45-49
Comparing Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita with Population ages 45-49, female, per capita across 210 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.70
- Holding size constant
- +0.63
- Countries compared
- 210
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The correlation might be driven by demographic factors, such as urbanization or education levels, which could influence both telephone subscription rates and age distribution. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of a likely confounder, such as overall life expectancy or healthcare quality. These factors could contribute to the observed relationship without implying direct causation.
Why this is not proof of anything
This is a correlation across countries, not an experiment. It cannot show that either indicator causes the other, and both may simply follow a third thing. This correlation could mislead by implying a direct link between telephone subscriptions and a specific age group of women, when in fact the relationship may be driven by underlying demographic or socioeconomic factors.
The second figure above repeats the measurement with national population and income held constant. It is the more conservative number: a relationship that largely disappears there was mostly telling you that larger, richer countries have more of most things.
How this was measured
Both indicators were ranked across every country reporting each, and the two rankings compared — ranks rather than raw values, because a handful of very large countries can otherwise manufacture a relationship on their own. The calculation is arithmetic over figures already published on this site; the commentary above is drafted from the two indicator names and the resulting coefficients.