{"id":2552,"date":"2019-06-07T20:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T01:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:03:46","slug":"digital-divide-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/digital-divide-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Divide Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I came across the <a href=\"https:\/\/pcrd.purdue.edu\/signature-programs\/digital-divide-index.php#Overview\">Digital Divide Index (DDI) project on Purdue University&#8217;s Center for Regional Development website<\/a>. Noting in the overview that &#8220;the digital divide is the number one threat to community economic development in the 21st century&#8221;, the project attempts to define the problem (through the calculation of the DDI) using 5-year American Community Survey and FCC Form 477 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pcrd.purdue.edu\/signature-programs\/digital-divide-index.php#Methodology\">The methodology section does a great job of reviewing how the Digital Divide index is calculated<\/a>, but here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/pcrd.purdue.edu\/signature-programs\/digital-divide-index.php#Overview\">&#8220;cut and paste&#8221; from the overview<\/a> of the key measures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Digital Divide Index or DDI ranges in value from 0 to 100, where 100 indicates the highest digital divide. It is composed of two scores, also ranging from 0 to 100: the infrastructure\/adoption (INFA) score and the socioeconomic (SE) score.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The INFA score groups four variables related to broadband infrastructure and adoption: (1) percentage of total 2010 population without access to fixed broadband of at least 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload; (2) number of residential broadband connections with at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload; (3) average maximum advertised download speeds; and (4) average maximum advertised upload speeds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The SE score groups four variables known to impact technology adoption: (1) percent population ages 65 and over; (2) percent population 25 and over with less than high school; (3) individual poverty rate; and (4) percent of noninstitutionalized civilian population with a disability. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across the Digital Divide Index (DDI) project on Purdue University&#8217;s Center for Regional Development website. 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