A Commentary on Scotland's Digital Performance

Footnotes

1. SHS (n=ranging from 14,880 in 2003 to 3,420 in 2012), Ofcom (n=501), ONS (n=501), eSkills (n=244)
2. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/08/6973
3. Those aged 60 years or older made up 28 per cent of respondents.
4. 24.6 per cent of respondents had a disability and/or longstanding illness
5. In 2012 social housing accounted for 23 per cent of all dwellings.
6. 11.1 per cent of respondents earned incomes between £0-£10,000. 18.9 per cent of respondents earned £40,001 or more.
7. Scottish Household Survey, 2012
8. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/08/6973
9. Though the sample size of Ofcom should be noted and that both measures are for households.
10. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr13/2013_UK_CMR.pdf
11. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr13/2013_UK_CMR.pdf
12. The Scottish Government boosted the ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey to allow robust Scottish comparisons to be made.
13. http://digital-agenda-data.eu/charts/analyse-one-indicator-and-compare-countries#chart={"indicator-group":"internet-usage","indicator":"h_iacc","breakdown-group":"any","breakdown":"HH_total","unit-measure":"pc_hh","ref-area":["BE","BG","CZ","DK","DE","EE","IE","EL","ES","FR","IT","CY","LV","LT","LU","HU","MT","NL","AT","PL","PT","RO","SI","SK","FI","SE","UK","EU27"]}
14. ONS definition: all households
EC Digital Agenda Scoreboard definition: households with at least one member aged 16-74
15. Scottish Household Survey, 2012
16. Scottish sample size n=386
17. https://www.e-skills.com/Documents/Research/Insights-2012/TechnologyInsights_2012_UK.pdf
18. SHS (n = 2,270), ONS (n = 501)
19. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/08/6973
20. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/communications-market-reports/cmr13/
21. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/cmr/cmr13/2013_CMR_Scotland.pdf
22. Small Business Survey Scotland, 2012
23. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Economy/ASBS/Report2012
24. Sample size: Scotland (n=498), UK (n=2269)
25. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Economy/ASBS/Report2012
26. 10-249 persons employed
27. http://digital-agenda-data.eu/charts/analyse-one-indicator-and-compare-countries#chart={"indicator-group":"ebusiness","indicator":"E_WEB","breakdown-group":"any","breakdown":"ent_sm_xfin","unit-measure":"pc_ent","ref-area":["BE","BG","CZ","DK","DE","EE","IE","EL","ES","FR","IT","CY","LV","LT","LU","HU","MT","NL","AT","PL","PT","RO","SI","SK","FI","SE","UK","EU27"]}
28. SMEs with 10-249 persons employed in Scotland: n=255
29. 10-249 persons employed
30. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Economy/ASBS/Report2012
31. 10-249 persons employed
32. http://digital-agenda-data.eu/charts/analyse-one-indicator-and-compare-countries#chart={"indicator-group":"ecommerce","indicator":"e_esell","breakdown-group":"any","breakdown":"ent_sm_xfin","unit-measure":"pc_ent","ref-area":["BE","BG","CZ","DK","DE","EE","IE","EL","ES","FR","IT","CY","LV","LT","LU","HU","MT","NL","AT","PL","PT","RO","SI","SK","FI","SE","UK","EU27"]}
33. Next Generation Access Broadband is defined as affording actual headline download speeds of at least 30 Mbps.
34. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/markets-infrastructure/economic-geography.pdf
35. http://digital-agenda-data.eu/charts/analyse-one-indicator-and-compare-countries#chart={"indicator-group":"broadband","indicator":"bb_ngacov","breakdown-group":"any","breakdown":"TOTAL_POPHH","unit-measure":"pc_hh_all","ref-area":["BE","BG","CZ","DK","DE","EE","IE","EL","ES","FR","IT","CY","LV","LT","LU","HU","MT","NL","AT","PL","PT","RO","SI","SK","FI","SE","UK","EU27"]}
36. https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/DAE%20SCOREBOARD%202013%20-%20SWD%202013%20217%20FINAL.pdf
37. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/markets-infrastructure/economic-geography.pdf