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ISER TERRA Evaluation:
Report Status
August 1, 2012
Heather E. Hudson
Director
Institute of Social and Economic Research
University of Alaska Anchorage
Household Telephone Survey
• Phone Survey of residents in TERRA region
– Have completed survey
• 352 household telephone interviews from a sample of 1027
(overall response rate 34.3%)
– Included landlines and cellphones (no household
duplication)
– Respondents came from all areas of the TERRA region:
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Bristol Bay Borough
Dillingham City
Dillingham, Lake, and Peninsula Boroughs: villages
Bethel Census Area
Bethel/Wade Hampton/Yukon Koyukuk Census Area Villages
– Approximately 65% of respondents are Alaska
Native/Native American
Telephone Survey: Next Steps
• Weight responses to reflect region
• Report findings on:
– Ownership of mobile phones: basic and smartphones
– Uses of mobile phones besides voice
– Ownership of other electronic devices
• laptops, netbooks, e-books or tablets, game systems, etc.
– Internet availability at home
– Internet uses at home or elsewhere in community
– For nonsubscribers: reasons for not subscribing to Internet service
– Intent to subscribe to broadband
– Intended uses of broadband
– Reasons may not subscribe to broadband, etc.
Next Steps for Survey, cont’d
• Do cross-tabs on some variables such as:
– Ethnicity: Alaska Native vs. other
– Education level: High school or less vs. more education
– Towns (Dillingham, King Salmon, Bethel) vs. villages
• With key indicators such as:
– Internet use: subscriptions, applications
– Mobile phone ownership and uses
– Intent to use broadband and predicted applications
– Concerns about Internet service, broadband
Interviews with Key Informants from
Businesses and Nonprofits
• Purpose: To gain insights into how broadband may
contribute to economic activities in the TERRA region
• Approximately 25 telephone interviews
• Businesses, native corporations and nonprofits, NGOs
• Topics:
– Current Internet usage and benefits
– Predicted uses of broadband and anticipated benefits
– Concerns about Internet, broadband services
– Open-ended questions re impact on organization and on
community.
Literature Review
• Requested by Task Force Working Group on Socio-Economic
Impacts
• Research on broadband and rural development
– Focus on Alaska, but including relevant research from other U.S.,
Canada, Arctic/North, and developing regions
• References are illustrative (not exhaustive!)
• Have completed draft bibliography with materials on:
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Economic Development
Adoption and Outreach
Education
Health Care: Telehealth and Telemedicine
Public Safety
Steps to Complete Report
• Submit draft
• Feedback on draft from Task Force
• Revisions and submission of final report