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Table 4 Regression of socio-demographics and mobile dependency on internet activities

From: Lost in mobile? Exploring the mobile internet digital divide among Chinese college students

 

General Internet usage

Information activity

Economic activity

Social activity

Common usage

Self-actualization

Leisure

Generic information

Specific information

Capital-enhancing information

Education

Property

Following Feeds

Engaging with others

Creating content

Gender

0.16*

0.24*

1.24***

− 0.49***

0.24*

− 0.06

0.06

0.08

0.23*

− 0.23*

0.19

(2.12)

(2.37)

(− 9.83)

(− 4.73)

(2.28)

(− 0.62)

(0.76)

(1.27)

(2.23)

(− 2.53)

(1.77)

Mobile

0.03

0.17

− 0.14

0.07

0.18

0.27**

− 0.14

0.03

0.00

0.28**

0.23*

(0.39)

(1.57)

(− 1.05)

(0.68)

(1.71)

(2.83)

(− 1.67)

(0.49)

(0.04)

(2.93)

(2.08)

2.allowance

0.20

0.49***

0.26

0.36*

0.20

− 0.13

0.05

0.14

0.34*

− 0.11

− 0.04

(1.91)

(3.48)

(1.46)

(2.49)

(1.40)

(− 1.03)

(0.48)

(1.58)

(2.35)

(− 0.83)

(− 0.28)

3.allowance

0.43***

0.58***

0.30

0.46**

0.38*

0.03

0.00

0.34***

0.46**

0.21

0.23

(3.77)

(3.92)

(1.59)

(3.00)

(2.45)

(0.22)

(0.02)

(3.68)

(3.03)

(1.50)

(1.44)

Residence

-0.01

0.01

0.12

− 0.02

0.03

− 0.02

0.10

0.07

0.05

− 0.01

0.08

(− 0.09)

(0.11)

(0.96)

(− 0.17)

(0.29)

(− 0.26)

(1.28)

(1.10)

(0.46)

(− 0.07)

(0.77)

FGCS

− 0.04

− 0.17

− 0.09

− 0.26*

− 0.11

− 0.09

− 0.06

− 0.06

0.09

− 0.07

− 0.27*

(− 0.47)

(− 1.57)

(− 0.67)

(− 2.28)

(− 1.02)

(− 0.89)

(− 0.63)

(− 0.86)

(0.80)

(− 0.71)

(− 2.33)

CONSTANT

3.68***

1.31***

2.88***

2.82***

2.65***

1.54***

3.25***

2.33***

2.80***

1.30***

2.23***

(28.65)

(7.66)

(13.53)

(15.98)

(15.14)

(9.93)

(23.42)

(21.76)

(16.09)

(8.33)

(12.19)

N

441

432

442

441

438

443

445

445

441

438

437

R2

0.06

0.09

0.24

0.08

0.06

0.03

0.02

0.07

0.04

0.05

0.08

  1. t statistics in parentheses;
  2. Gender: male is used as the reference group; FGCS: non-FGCS is used as the reference group. Allowance: allowance of less than ¥1000 is used as the reference group
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001