This study aims to investigate the access to a mobile phone, usage pattern, and its impact on mountainous rural women of two districts, i.e., Hunza and Nagar districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. To attain the objective of the research, the researchers have employed various statistic methods, and data were collected through a questionnaire from 190 respondents in the study area (200 respondents were selected). Initially, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett’s tests were used for sampling adequacy, and factor analysis technique was used to explain correlations among multiple outcomes. The results revealed that 80% of women in the Hunza and Nagar districts own mobile phones (access) and 63% have good skills of mobile phone usage for a variety of purposes. Moreover, 56.4% of women use mobile phones in their daily life activities; however, 23.6% disagreed with the statements. On the contrary, the results show that 71.8% women use mobile phones for security purposes. Therefore, the study recommends that effective use of the mobile phone in daily activities of mountainous rural women can be one of the effective strategies to boost their confidence level and feeling of security. Finally, socioeconomic development of the area is possible by providing technical skills related to mobile phone business to the unskilled women of the two districts.

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巴基斯坦吉尔吉特-巴尔的斯坦农村妇女在日常生活中使用和使用手机

这项研究旨在调查手机的使用，使用方式及其对两个地区的山区农村妇女的影响，即巴基斯坦吉尔吉特-巴尔的斯坦的洪扎和纳加尔地区。为了达到研究的目的，研究人员采用了多种统计方法，并通过问卷从研究区域的190名受访者中收集了数据（选择了200名受访者）。最初，使用Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin（KMO）和Bartlett的检验来确定样本的充分性，并使用因子分析技术来解释多个结果之间的相关性。结果显示，Hunza和Nagar地区的女性中80％拥有手机（访问），而63％的女性具有良好的手机使用技巧，可用于多种用途。此外，有56.4％的妇女在日常生活中使用手机；但是，23。6％的人不同意这些说法。相反，结果表明，有71.8％的女性出于安全目的使用手机。因此，研究建议在山区农村妇女的日常活动中有效使用手机可以成为提高其自信心水平和安全感的有效策略之一。最后，该地区的社会经济发展可以通过向两个地区的非熟练妇女提供与移动电话业务相关的技术技能来实现。