Table A 3: Impact of 3G/4G access with additional control variables

|||Total co|nsumption|||Food co|nsumption||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|_Access to_:<br>|||||||||
|Medium or strong 3G/4G<br>|0.006<br>(0.022)|<br>|<br>|<br>|0.005<br>(0.025)|<br>|<br>|<br>|
|Medium or strong 3G/4G||0.058**||||0.062**|||
|for one year||(0.023)||||(0.026)|||
|Medium or strong 3G/4G|||0.079***||||0.078***||
|for two years or more|||(0.022)||||(0.025)||
|Medium or strong 3G/4G||||0.092***||||0.089***|
|for three years or more||||(0.023)||||(0.026)|
|_Control variables_|||||||||
|Access to electricity|0.061***|0.061***|0.062***|0.062***|0.058***|0.059***|0.060***|0.059***|
||(0.016)|(0.016)|(0.016)|(0.016)|(0.018)|(0.018)|(0.018)|(0.018)|
|Household size|-0.099***|-0.098***|-0.098***|-0.098***|-0.106***|-0.106***|-0.106***|-0.106***|
||(0.004)|(0.004)|(0.004)|(0.004)|(0.005)|(0.005)|(0.005)|(0.005)|
|Housing ownership|0.054***|0.053***|0.051**|0.051***|0.033|0.031|0.029|0.029|
||(0.019)|(0.020)|(0.020)|(0.019)|(0.022)|(0.022)|(0.022)|(0.022)|
|Wealth index|0.055***|0.054***|0.053***|0.052***|0.027***|0.027***|0.025***|0.024***|
||(0.008)|(0.008)|(0.008)|(0.008)|(0.009)|(0.009)|(0.008)|(0.008)|
|Access to|-0.031|-0.021|-0.008|-0.004|-0.090|-0.080|-0.068|-0.064|
|medium or strong 2G, 3G, or 4G|(0.088)|(0.087)|(0.087)|(0.088)|(0.096)|(0.095)|(0.094)|(0.095)|
|# of observations|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|
|R-squared|0.083|0.085|0.087|0.087|0.071|0.072|0.073|0.074|
|Number of individuals|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|
|F statistics|70.74|71.67|73.26|74.01|60.35|60.94|61.94|63.21|

|||Non-food|consumption|||Poverty ($1.|9povertyline)||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|_Access to_:<br>|||||||||
|Medium or strong 3G/4G<br>|0.019<br>(0.024)|<br>|<br>|<br>|-0.021<br>(0.017)|<br>|<br>|<br>|
|Medium or strong 3G/4G||0.063**||||-0.043***|||
|for one year||(0.025)||||(0.016)|||
|Medium or strong 3G/4G|||0.061**||||-0.069***||
|for two years or more|||(0.024)||||(0.015)||
|Medium or strong 3G/4G||||0.069***||||-0.068***|
|for three years or more||||(0.026)||||(0.017)|
|_Control variables_|||||||||
|Access to electricity|0.067***|0.068***|0.069***|0.068***|-0.022*|-0.023*|-0.024*|-0.023*|
||(0.020)|(0.020)|(0.020)|(0.020)|(0.013)|(0.013)|(0.013)|(0.013)|
|Household size|-0.087***|-0.087***|-0.087***|-0.086***|0.054***|0.054***|0.054***|0.054***|
||(0.005)|(0.005)|(0.005)|(0.005)|(0.003)|(0.003)|(0.003)|(0.003)|
|Housing ownership|0.090***|0.088***|0.087***|0.087***|-0.036**|-0.035**|-0.033**|-0.033**|
||(0.022)|(0.022)|(0.022)|(0.022)|(0.014)|(0.014)|(0.014)|(0.014)|
|Wealth index|0.117***|0.116***|0.115***|0.115***|-0.032***|-0.031***|-0.030***|-0.030***|
||(0.008)|(0.008)|(0.008)|(0.008)|(0.006)|(0.006)|(0.006)|(0.006)|
|Access to|0.079|0.088|0.095|0.098|0.060|0.054|0.042|0.041|
|medium or strong 2G, 3G, or 4G|(0.114)|(0.114)|(0.114)|(0.114)|(0.071)|(0.071)|(0.070)|(0.071)|
|# of observations|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|13,732|
|R-squared|0.085|0.086|0.086|0.087|0.042|0.043|0.046|0.045|
|Number of individuals|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|5,495|
|F statistics|64.21|64.72|64.34|64.84|35.20|36.10|38.19|37.16|

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