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The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing: Appendix 2

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Descriptive statistics including all variables in Equations 1 and 2

Variable Number of observations Weighted population Mean Standard deviation Min Max
1 Number of CD albums 2,097 24,224,658 8.36 12.25 0.00 100.00
2 Log of number of CDs 2,097 24,224,658 1.63 1.15 0.00 4.62
3 Square root of number of CDs 2,097 24,224,658 2.26 1.81 0.00 10.00
4 Number of MP3s 2,097 24,251,724 1.28 6.77 0.00 100.00
5 Log of number of MP3s 2,097 24,251,724 0.21 0.70 0.00 4.62
6 Square root of MP3s 2,097 24,251,724 0.30 1.09 0.00 10.00
7 Purchased MP3s (yes/no) 2,100 24,281,604 0.14 0.34 0.00 1.00
8 Price of CDs 1,575 17,282,842 17.45 4.24 1.00 45.00
9 P2P (yes/no) 2,100 24,281,604 0.29 0.45 0.00 1.00
10 Rip CD (yes/no) 2,100 24,281,604 0.29 0.45 0.00 1.00
11 Promotional (yes/no) 2,100 24,281,604 0.23 0.42 0.00 1.00
12 Private web (yes/no) 2,100 24,281,604 0.09 0.28 0.00 1.00
13 Copy MP3 (yes/no) 2,100 24,281,604 0.20 0.40 0.00 1.00
14 Number of P2P (ln) 2,098 24,273,817 0.80 1.40 0.00 6.22
15 Number of CDs ripped (ln) 2,044 23,789,113 0.34 0.77 0.00 4.62
16 Number of promotional (ln) 2,059 23,790,318 0.42 0.96 0.00 6.22
17 Number from private web (ln) 2,089 24,105,177 0.17 0.57 0.00 4.71
18 Number of copied MP3s (ln) 2,061 23,883,048 0.43 1.02 0.00 6.22
19 Number of DVDs (ln) 2,075 23,929,390 0.90 1.21 0.00 4.62
20 Number of videogames (ln) 2,091 24,195,622 0.38 0.78 0.00 3.93
21 Number of cinema tickets (ln) 2,061 23,911,201 1.41 1.08 0.00 4.65
22 Number of concert tickets (ln) 2,091 24,180,364 0.49 0.76 0.00 3.93
23 Income 10 to 20 2,100 24,281,604 0.07 0.26 0.00 1.00
24 Income 20 to 40 2,100 24,281,604 0.21 0.41 0.00 1.00
25 Income 40 to 60 2,100 24,281,604 0.21 0.41 0.00 1.00
26 Income 60 plus 2,100 24,281,604 0.46 0.50 0.00 1.00
27 Quality increase 2,005 22,777,262 0.19 0.39 0.00 1.00
28 Quality decrease 2,005 22,777,262 0.15 0.36 0.00 1.00
29 Interest very strong 2,090 24,147,546 0.30 0.46 0.00 1.00
30 Interest somewhat strong 2,090 24,147,546 0.24 0.43 0.00 1.00
31 Interest moderate 2,090 24,147,546 0.31 0.46 0.00 1.00
32 Interest somewhat low 2,090 24,147,546 0.08 0.27 0.00 1.00
33 Internet: very skilled 2,064 23,805,632 0.20 0.40 0.00 1.00
34 Internet: skilled 2,064 23,805,632 0.25 0.43 0.00 1.00
35 Internet: somewhat skilled 2,064 23,805,632 0.29 0.45 0.00 1.00
36 Internet: not very skilled 2,064 23,805,632 0.12 0.33 0.00 1.00
37 Age 15 to 19 2,087 24,159,670 0.12 0.32 0.00 1.00
38 Age 20 to 24 2,087 24,159,670 0.07 0.25 0.00 1.00
39 Age 25 to 34 2,087 24,159,670 0.18 0.39 0.00 1.00
40 Age 35 to 44 2,087 24,159,670 0.20 0.40 0.00 1.00
41 Age 45 to 54 2,087 24,159,670 0.18 0.39 0.00 1.00
42 Age 55 to 64 2,087 24,159,670 0.14 0.35 0.00 1.00
43 Gender (men=0, women=1) 2,100 24,281,604 0.52 0.50 0.00 1.00
44 Region (Quebec=0, rest=1) 2,100 24,281,604 0.76 0.43 0.00 1.00

Source: own calculations based on Decima Research survey.

Appendix 2: Correlations including all variables in Equations 1 and 2 (continued)

Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Number of CD albums 1.00                  
2 Log of number of CDs 0.85 1.00                
3 Square root of number of CDs 0.95 0.97 1.00              
4 Number of MP3s 0.09 0.11 0.11 1.00            
5 Log of number of MP3s 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.83 1.00          
6 Square root of MP3s 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.91 0.99 1.00        
7 Purchased MP3s (yes/no) 0.09 0.12 0.11 0.51 0.78 0.73 1.00      
8 Price of CDs -0.02 -0.01 -0.02 -0.04 -0.02 -0.02 0.01 1.00    
9 P2P (yes/no) 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.14 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.01 1.00  
10 Rip CD (yes/no) 0.18 0.15 0.17 0.20 0.25 0.24 0.26 -0.05 0.32 1.00
11 Promotional (yes/no) 0.08 0.03 0.06 0.07 0.11 0.10 0.08 -0.05 0.45 0.26
12 Private web (yes/no) 0.22 0.15 0.19 0.01 0.06 0.05 0.09 -0.02 0.11 0.21
13 Copy MP3 (yes/no) 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.14 -0.02 0.22 0.32
14 Number of P2P 0.09 0.11 0.11 0.14 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.03 0.90 0.30
15 Number of CDs ripped 0.27 0.24 0.26 0.24 0.30 0.29 0.24 -0.03 0.28 0.73
16 Number of promotional 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.13 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.00 0.52 0.19
17 Number from private web 0.17 0.12 0.15 0.04 0.08 0.07 0.10 -0.01 0.30 0.19
18 Number of copied MP3s 0.17 0.13 0.16 0.12 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.04 0.37 0.33
19 Number of DVDs 0.18 0.22 0.21 0.15 0.18 0.18 0.14 -0.01 0.17 0.23
20 Number of videogames 0.21 0.19 0.21 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.01 0.22 0.21
21 Number of cinema tickets 0.07 0.13 0.11 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.05 0.20 0.14
22 Number of concert tickets 0.27 0.24 0.26 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 -0.03 0.06 0.09
23 Income 10 to 20 -0.06 -0.09 -0.08 -0.03 -0.04 -0.04 -0.04 0.05 0.00 -0.05
24 Income 20 to 40 -0.09 -0.11 -0.10 -0.05 -0.07 -0.06 -0.07 0.05 -0.02 -0.07
25 Income 40 to 60 0.04 0.04 0.04 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.03 -0.09 -0.02 0.01
26 Income 60 plus 0.08 0.12 0.10 0.07 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.02 0.03 0.08
27 Quality increase 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.01 0.07 0.05
28 Quality decrease 0.09 0.08 0.08 -0.04 -0.05 -0.05 -0.03 0.00 0.02 0.02
29 Interest very strong 0.23 0.22 0.24 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.15 0.24
30 Interest somewhat strong 0.01 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.00 -0.10
31 Interest moderate -0.17 -0.20 -0.19 -0.05 -0.07 -0.06 -0.06 -0.03 -0.11 -0.08
32 Interest somewhat low -0.10 -0.15 -0.13 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -0.04 -0.03 -0.05 -0.07
33 Internet: very skilled 0.18 0.15 0.17 0.13 0.16 0.15 0.15 -0.02 0.15 0.29
34 Internet: skilled -0.04 -0.01 -0.03 0.02 0.07 0.06 0.10 0.02 0.05 0.09
35 Internet: somewhat skilled -0.06 -0.03 -0.04 -0.06 -0.08 -0.08 -0.10 0.02 -0.01 -0.13
36 Internet: not very skilled -0.10 -0.11 -0.11 -0.05 -0.09 -0.08 -0.08 -0.01 -0.11 -0.14
37 Age 15 to 19 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.24 0.19
38 Age 20 to 24 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.15 0.11
39 Age 25 to 34 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.08 0.06 0.10 0.09 0.12 0.09
40 Age 35 to 44 0.06 0.06 0.06 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.01 -0.06 0.01 0.00
41 Age 45 to 54 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -0.05 -0.04 -0.04 -0.02 -0.05 -0.15 -0.09
42 Age 55 to 64 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.07 -0.06 -0.07 0.00 -0.19 -0.16
43 Gender (men=0, women=1) -0.10 -0.10 -0.11 -0.06 -0.06 -0.07 -0.03 0.05 -0.14 -0.22
44 Region (Quebec=0, rest=1) -0.03 -0.04 -0.04 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 -0.09 0.00 0.11

Source: own calculations based on Decima Research survey.

Appendix 2: Correlations including all variables in Equations 1 and 2 (continued)

Variables 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
11 Promotional (yes/no) 1.00                  
12 Private web (yes/no) 0.19 1.00                
13 Copy MP3 (yes/no) 0.23 0.15 1.00              
14 Number of P2P 0.39 0.12 0.23 1.00            
15 Number of CDs ripped 0.25 0.19 0.32 0.31 1.00          
16 Number of promotional 0.61 0.12 0.20 0.56 0.22 1.00        
17 Number from private web 0.18 0.57 0.16 0.34 0.16 0.34 1.00      
18 Number of copied MP3s 0.25 0.18 0.65 0.45 0.39 0.39 0.37 1.00    
19 Number of DVDs 0.16 0.07 0.13 0.15 0.16 0.12 0.10 0.17 1.00  
20 Number of videogames 0.17 0.12 0.13 0.22 0.15 0.17 0.13 0.16 0.21 1.00
21 Number of cinema tickets 0.12 -0.01 0.09 0.19 0.12 0.15 0.03 0.13 0.17 0.09
22 Number of concert tickets 0.06 0.13 0.10 0.07 0.12 0.04 0.10 0.12 0.01 -0.02
23 Income 10 to 20 -0.03 0.00 -0.01 0.00 -0.04 0.02 -0.02 0.01 -0.02 -0.03
24 Income 20 to 40 -0.07 0.01 -0.04 0.00 -0.05 0.00 0.03 -0.01 -0.13 0.03
25 Income 40 to 60 -0.02 0.04 0.03 -0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02
26 Income 60 plus 0.08 -0.01 0.00 0.01 0.04 -0.01 0.00 -0.01 0.13 -0.02
27 Quality increase 0.04 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.09
28 Quality decrease 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.04
29 Interest very strong 0.15 0.11 0.18 0.16 0.23 0.15 0.09 0.19 0.08 0.12
30 Interest somewhat strong -0.03 -0.03 -0.01 0.00 -0.07 -0.03 -0.03 -0.04 0.02 0.00
31 Interest moderate -0.07 -0.08 -0.11 -0.13 -0.10 -0.08 -0.07 -0.11 -0.06 -0.09
32 Interest somewhat low -0.05 0.01 -0.09 -0.05 -0.09 -0.04 0.01 -0.06 -0.04 -0.03
33 Internet: very skilled 0.12 0.08 0.12 0.14 0.23 0.09 0.09 0.15 0.20 0.13
34 Internet: skilled 0.06 0.02 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.07 0.04
35 Internet: somewhat skilled -0.04 -0.01 -0.09 -0.03 -0.09 -0.03 -0.08 -0.08 -0.09 -0.03
36 Internet: not very skilled -0.06 -0.05 -0.07 -0.10 -0.14 -0.02 0.01 -0.07 -0.15 -0.08
37 Age 15 to 19 0.14 0.00 0.19 0.27 0.18 0.18 0.03 0.23 0.06 0.19
38 Age 20 to 24 0.09 0.02 0.10 0.18 0.11 0.10 0.03 0.12 0.09 0.08
39 Age 25 to 34 0.13 0.00 0.07 0.12 0.06 0.15 0.04 0.15 0.13 0.13
40 Age 35 to 44 0.01 0.03 -0.06 -0.06 -0.03 -0.04 0.14 -0.08 0.00 0.02
41 Age 45 to 54 -0.09 0.04 -0.07 -0.14 -0.09 -0.14 -0.10 -0.13 -0.09 -0.13
42 Age 55 to 64 -0.14 -0.07 -0.11 -0.18 -0.11 -0.13 -0.10 -0.14 -0.06 -0.17
43 Gender (men=0, women=1) -0.10 -0.05 -0.12 -0.14 -0.20 -0.06 -0.07 -0.15 -0.07 -0.20
44 Region (Quebec=0, rest=1) 0.15 0.05 -0.01 0.00 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00

Source: own calculations based on Decima Research survey.

Appendix 2: Correlations including all variables in Equations 1 and 2 (continued)

Variables 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
21 Number of cinema tickets 1.00                  
22 Number of concert tickets 0.12 1.00                
23 Income 10 to 20 -0.09 -0.04 1.00              
24 Income 20 to 40 -0.08 -0.09 -0.11 1.00            
25 Income 40 to 60 -0.02 -0.05 -0.13 -0.26 1.00          
26 Income 60 plus 0.14 0.15 -0.23 -0.48 -0.54 1.00        
27 Quality increase 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.03 -0.08 1.00      
28 Quality decrease -0.07 0.09 0.01 -0.02 -0.01 0.03 -0.19 1.00    
29 Interest very strong 0.06 0.23 0.02 -0.06 0.04 -0.01 0.12 0.12 1.00  
30 Interest somewhat strong 0.04 -0.07 -0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 -0.02 -0.01 -0.47 1.00
31 Interest moderate -0.05 -0.11 -0.03 0.04 -0.02 0.00 -0.06 -0.09 -0.45 -0.40
32 Interest somewhat low -0.08 -0.10 0.03 -0.01 -0.04 0.04 -0.08 -0.06 -0.18 -0.16
33 Internet: very skilled 0.18 0.09 -0.07 -0.11 -0.03 0.15 0.03 0.01 0.24 -0.06
34 Internet: skilled 0.04 0.03 -0.08 0.01 -0.06 0.07 -0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.01
35 Internet: somewhat skilled -0.01 -0.07 0.05 0.01 0.03 -0.04 0.00 -0.02 -0.11 0.05
36 Internet: not very skilled -0.08 -0.02 0.10 0.02 0.03 -0.09 -0.02 -0.02 -0.07 0.04
37 Age 15 to 19 0.21 -0.03 0.08 -0.02 -0.03 -0.02 0.07 0.00 0.12 -0.02
38 Age 20 to 24 0.13 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.00 -0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.08 -0.01
39 Age 25 to 34 0.13 -0.01 -0.04 0.07 0.01 -0.03 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.07
40 Age 35 to 44 -0.07 -0.02 -0.11 -0.05 -0.04 0.12 -0.07 -0.02 -0.02 0.04
41 Age 45 to 54 -0.12 -0.06 -0.09 -0.07 0.04 0.08 -0.03 -0.08 -0.07 -0.08
42 Age 55 to 64 -0.09 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.02 -0.03 0.00 0.03 -0.09 0.04
43 Gender (men=0, women=1) -0.04 -0.06 0.02 0.07 0.02 -0.09 -0.01 -0.03 -0.06 0.09
44 Region (Quebec=0, rest=1) -0.05 0.02 -0.02 -0.08 -0.03 0.09 -0.10 0.12 0.09 0.01
Variables 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
31 Interest moderate 1.00                  
32 Interest somewhat low -0.15 1.00                
33 Internet: very skilled -0.15 -0.06 1.00              
34 Internet: skilled 0.02 -0.04 -0.33 1.00            
35 Internet: somewhat skilled 0.08 -0.04 -0.33 -0.39 1.00          
36 Internet: not very skilled -0.01 0.07 -0.20 -0.24 -0.24 1.00        
37 Age 15 to 19 -0.08 -0.05 0.04 0.08 0.01 -0.09 1.00      
38 Age 20 to 24 -0.04 -0.04 0.08 0.04 -0.01 -0.08 -0.10 1.00    
39 Age 25 to 34 -0.06 -0.07 0.09 0.03 -0.01 -0.03 -0.18 -0.13 1.00  
40 Age 35 to 44 -0.01 0.03 0.01 0.08 -0.06 0.02 -0.19 -0.14 -0.26 1.00
41 Age 45 to 54 0.07 0.10 -0.05 -0.12 0.10 0.01 -0.18 -0.14 -0.24 -0.26
42 Age 55 to 64 0.04 -0.04 -0.09 -0.01 -0.02 0.08 -0.14 -0.11 -0.19 -0.20
43 Gender (men=0, women=1) -0.02 -0.03 -0.16 -0.07 0.13 0.07 -0.10 -0.06 0.06 0.03
44 Region (Quebec=0, rest=1) -0.12 0.03 0.06 0.02 0.00 -0.01 0.06 0.00 -0.01 -0.02
Variables 41 42 43 44
41 Age 45 to 54 1.00      
42 Age 55 to 64 -0.19 1.00    
43 Gender (men=0, women=1) -0.01 0.02 1.00  
44 Region (Quebec=0, rest=1) -0.05 -0.02 0.01 1.00

Source: own calculations based on Decima Research survey.

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