Big+Data+db

I would be helped a lot by data on international social media usage statistics. Essentially, who uses what and when with what device. Some sort of data set that would let me write sentences like, “60% of black females under the age of 25 have a twitter account.” Or “15% of Ghanaians have regular access to a smartphone.” I can usually find this in fits and starts: []

Could also use data on “public spaces” but I’m not sure what form that would take. Perhaps square feet of public space? What would count as public space? Its difficult to say what kinds of numbers and what kinds of operationalized terms would be useful here. Perhaps, dollars spent on publicly owned parks, public performance spaces, and multi-use fields? But that would not cover the privately-owned public spaces that can be just as inviting/important/lively as publicly held ones.

Could also use some data on condom use in Ghana as well. Not just percentage of users or amount of condoms sold or given away, but where condoms are purchased and given away. Are most of them coming from pharmacies or “chemists” or are they being given away by NGOs and the government? What do these numbers look like in the US?