Gallup World Poll 2013, June
Afghanistan, Angola, Albania...and 183 more, 2005 - 2012
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WLD_2013_GWP-JUN_v01_M
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Gallup, Inc.
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INDEX_CM Communications Index (INDEX_CM)
Data file: The_Gallup_062813
Overview
Valid:
890577
Invalid:
208706
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
100
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
138
End:
140
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 1
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 78012 |
8.8%
|
|
| 1 | 1 Index Score | 0 |
0%
|
| 33.3333333333333 | 111705 |
12.5%
|
|
| 66.6666666666667 | 399930 |
44.9%
|
|
| 100 | 300930 |
33.8%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 208706 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
The Communications Index assesses the degree to which respondents are connected via electronic communications. As would be expected, the index is strongly correlated with other wealth-related measures. Gallup Worldwide Research's measures of Food and Shelter, Wellbeing, and household income are all significantly correlated with the index. Strong relationships with external measures, such as Internet users per 1,000 residents, provide validity to the measure. The Communications Index also correlates with poverty rate, GDP per capita, and the United Nations' Human Development Index.
INDEX QUESTIONS
- Does your home have a landline telephone? (WP35)
- Does your home have a cellular phone? (WP3119)
- Does your home have television? (WP37)
- Does your home have access to the Internet? (WP39)
INDEX CONSTRUCTION
Index scores are calculated at the individual record level. For each individual record, the following procedure applies: The first two questions (landline telephone and cellular phone) are used to determine whether a respondent has a phone and is used to create the phone component of the index. If respondents answer "yes" to either question, they are assigned a score of "1" for the phone component and a "0" if they do not have a phone. For the remaining two questions, positive answers are scored as a "1" and all other answers (including don't know and refused) are assigned a score of "0." An individual record has an index calculated if it has valid scores for all three components. A record's final index score is the mean of items multiplied by 100. The final country-level index score is the mean of all individual records for which an index score was calculated. Country-level weights are applied to this calculation.
RELIABILITY
The Communications Index has a Cronbach's alpha of .92 when aggregated at the country level.
INDEX QUESTIONS
- Does your home have a landline telephone? (WP35)
- Does your home have a cellular phone? (WP3119)
- Does your home have television? (WP37)
- Does your home have access to the Internet? (WP39)
INDEX CONSTRUCTION
Index scores are calculated at the individual record level. For each individual record, the following procedure applies: The first two questions (landline telephone and cellular phone) are used to determine whether a respondent has a phone and is used to create the phone component of the index. If respondents answer "yes" to either question, they are assigned a score of "1" for the phone component and a "0" if they do not have a phone. For the remaining two questions, positive answers are scored as a "1" and all other answers (including don't know and refused) are assigned a score of "0." An individual record has an index calculated if it has valid scores for all three components. A record's final index score is the mean of items multiplied by 100. The final country-level index score is the mean of all individual records for which an index score was calculated. Country-level weights are applied to this calculation.
RELIABILITY
The Communications Index has a Cronbach's alpha of .92 when aggregated at the country level.