Table 1 Fixed Broadband Model Variables
Variable | Description | Level | Source | Obs. | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min. | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average.Sp ij | Average fixed broadband speed (Mbits/s) | MSOA | Ofcom 2014a | 7004 | 17.75 | 6.47 | 1.83 | 31.89 |
Connection. Density ij | Total number of connections divided by the total number of domestic premises | MSOA | Ofcom 2014a/ OS Codepoint | 7004 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 1.83 |
P.Tert ij | Percentage of tertiary employment (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 90.8 | 9.12 | 39.52 | 100 |
P.KIBS ij | Percentage of employment in Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 24.45 | 9.27 | 0 | 82.61 |
Occupation ij | Percentage of the population with Level 3 & 4 occupations (managers, professionals, skilled trades etc.) (under the Standard Occupation Classification, 2010) (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 51.47 | 10.8 | 22.8 | 85.7 |
PML ij | Percentage of Medium (50-249 employees) and Large (250+ employees) Firms using workplaced-based employment (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 2.32 | 2.58 | 0 | 16.49 |
Median.Age ij | Median age of the population | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 39.75 | 6.25 | 20 | 63 |
P.Owner ij | Percentage of home owners (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 64.48 | 16.9 | 7.3 | 96.5 |
Students ij | Percentage of adults (>18 years of age) in full time education (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 4.92 | 6.53 | 0.8 | 82.5 |
P.Edu ij | Percentage of the population with a degree (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 21.89 | 9.53 | 3.51 | 62.62 |
P.Claim ij | Percentage of the working population claiming a state benefit (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 2.56 | 1.96 | 0.06 | 17.38 |
P.Non.White ij | Percentage of the population that are non-white (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 12.9 | 17.52 | 0.4 | 94.4 |
P.Econ. Active ij | Percentage of the population that are economically active (%) | MSOA | Nomis 2012 | 7004 | 69.69 | 5.72 | 26.8 | 87.7 |
P.Cable j | Percentage of exchanges with cable enabled (%) | LAD | Sam Knows 2013 | 348 | 57.19 | 40.65 | 0 | 100 |
P.LLU j | Percentage of exchanges with Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) (%) | LAD | Sam Knows 2013 | 348 | 78 | 27.35 | 0 | 100 |
LLU.Count j | Average number of service providers at LLU enabled exchanges (%) | LAD | Sam Knows 2013 | 348 | 4.44 | 2.61 | 0 | 9.75 |