Appendix 1. Correlations Rural Age Social capital Rural 1 Age .100* Social capital .206** 1 * Poverty .019 Access to info -.569** .079** -.061** 1 Lived poverty Access to info Freedoms Political participation Agency Democracy Political trust Close to political party Employment Tertiary Democracy .046* Political trust .180** Close to political party -.356** Employment -.108** Tertiary education -.358** .065** -.016 .068** -.028 -.107** -.099** .044* .191** .239** .275** -.039* -.115** -.126** -.085** -.015 .078** .056** -.072** -.105** .066** -.006 .012 ** ** .015 .380** .029 .036* .147** .258** .031 .010 .023 1 ** * .046 .028 ** .055 .012 -.159** 1 .045* .097** -.012 .002 -.046* 1 ** ** ** -.027 freedoms .097** Political participation .091** Agency .070** -.116** .071** .064** .181** -.048** .167** 1 .139** .023 1 ** .010 1 -.087 .070 -.183 1.000 1 .281 1.000 .999 ** ** .999 -.186** 1 .999** .193** 1 .083** 1.000 1 *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). 16