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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Average proportions and values of the variables

From: Factors related to information and communication technologies adoption in small businesses in Colombia

Categorical Variables

Categories

Proportion (%)

Adoption

Yes

27

 

No

55

Gender

Man

59

 

Woman

41

Age of the Company

Less than 1 year

12.4

 

1 to less than 3 years

18

 

3 to less than 5 years

11.2

 

5 to less than 10 years

15.4

 

10 years or more

43

Company Formality

Yes

13

 

No

87

Associated

Yes

1.7

 

No

98.3

Affiliated to a cooperative

Yes

1.5

 

No

98.5

Economic Sector

Agriculture

11.1

 

Industry

12.6

 

Commerce

31.1

 

Services

45.2

Main Cities

Bogota

2.8

 

Medellin

3.7

 

Cali

3.3

 

Other Cities

90.2

Numeric variables

Mean

Age of the owner

46.5

No. of employees

1.4

No. of ICT equipment

0.3

ICT adoption rate in the sector

27.3%

No. of observations

86,969

  1. Source: Prepared by the authors