Table C.1: Summary statistics at township level
Dependent variables
Conflict dummy, GDELT
Conflict dummy, ACLED
Conflict events, per 1000, GDELT
Conflict events, per 1000, ACLED
Independent variables
Cell phone coverage, MPT, %
Cell phone coverage, other, %
Cell tower density, per 1000, MPT
Cell tower density, per 1000, other providers
Population
Population density
Female, %
Urban, %
Age 0-14, %
Age 15-64, %
Citizenship Scrutiny Card, %
Other type of ID, %
No ID, %
Electricity, %
Landline phone, %
Mobile phone, %
Internet at home, %
Distance to major road, km
Distance to railway, km
Distance to nearest city, km
Distance to nearest cell tower, MPT, km
Distance to nearest cell tower, other, km
Mean elevation, m
Mean slope, degrees
Mean aspect, degrees
Mean
St.dev
0.65
0.17
0.76
0.03
0.48
0.37
4.85
0.18
53.61
52.90
0.35
0.43
150, 360
2, 077
51.46
28.09
29.35
64.99
69.43
3.28
27.29
31.31
5.47
31.62
6.31
12.52
51.25
37.96
21.39
27.23
389.58
88.68
179.11
38.71
40.32
1.07
1.22
93, 860
7, 129
2.58
29.03
5.91
5.14
13.72
4.25
12.85
27.49
6.90
22.87
10.58
16.88
66.46
27.83
29.47
41.11
461.06
5.09
10.53
The conflict dummies take value one if a conflict event was recorded in
the township during 01.01.2014–08.31.2017. Number of conflict events refers
to the same time period. Cell phone coverage is the share of township
area with sufficient cell phone signal. Other types of ID include Associate
Scrutiny Card, Naturalized Scrutiny Card, National Registration Card, Religious Card, Temporary Registration Card, Foreign Registration Card or
Foreign Passport. Electricity refers to main source of lightning. Distances
are measured from township centroid. City refers to capital, state/region
capital or district town (usually district capital). There are 330 townships.
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