The ratio between the sums of the highest and lowest 20 per cent equivalised incomes of persons within the households.

Data on pigs is extracted from the Pig Census. Data on sheep and goats is extracted from the Sheep and Goats Census. Data on cattle and dairy cows is extracted from the Cattle Census. All censuses have 1 December of each year as reference date.

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) was established by Eurostat to provide a single uniform breakdown of territorial units for the production of regional statistics for the European Union.

Early school leavers refer to the percentage of persons aged 18-24 who achieved secondary education or less (ISCED <= 2) and are not pursuing further education or training.

The local administrative units, abbreviated as LAUs, form a system for dividing up the economic territory of the European Union (EU) for the purpose of statistics at local level. They have been set up by Eurostat and they are compatible with NUTS. The LAU classification is equivalent to the classification of all Maltese localities into six districts by Malta Geographic Codes (MGC).At local level, two levels of LAU have been defined: The upper level (LAU1, formerly NUTS level 4)The lower level (LAU2, formerly NUTS level 5)

At risk of poverty, also referred to as the at-risk-of-poverty line (or simply the poverty line), it is equivalent to 60 per cent of the median of the national equivalised income of persons living in private households.

Tertiary Educational Attainment refers to the percentage of persons aged between 30-34 years having achieved at least tertiary level of education (ISCED >=5).

Total gross household income includes the sum for all household members of gross personal income components plus gross income components at household level, including: - Gross employee cash or near cash income; - Gross non-cash employee income (only company car and associated costs included); - Gross cash benefits or losses from self-employment (including royalties); - Unemployment benefits; - Old-age benefits; - Survivors’ benefits; - Sickness benefits; - Disability benefits; - Education-related allowances; - Income from rental property or land; - Family/Children related allowances; - Social exclusion not elsewhere classified; - Housing allowances; - Regular inter-household cash transfers received; - Interests, dividends, profits from capital investments in unincorporated business; - Income received by people aged under 16; - Income received from individual private pension plans.

Accessibility to internet by individuals from a particular location. Access does not refer to whether or not connections can be provided in the area or street but to whether a particular person could use the internet from home, business (via portable devices) etc. The data set refers to the year 2011.

The local administrative units, abbreviated as LAUs, form a system for dividing up the economic territory of the European Union (EU) for the purpose of statistics at local level. They have been set up by Eurostat and they are compatible with NUTS. The LAU classification is equivalent to the classification of all Maltese local councils into six districts by Malta Geographic Codes (MGC). At local level, two levels of LAU have been defined: the upper level (LAU1, formerly NUTS level 4) which are the six districts and the lower level (LAU2, formerly NUTS level 5) which consist of the 68 local councils.