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Table 5 DC level by university admittance. Source: Prepared by the author

From: Assessing digital competence and its relationship with the socioeconomic level of Chilean university students

 

North zone

Center zone

South zone

Digital competency area and indicator

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

1. Information and digital literacy

0.489

0.161

0.433

0.142

0.470

0.171

Navigate, search, and filter data, information, and digital content

0.322

0.270

0.304

0.259

0.303

0.272

Evaluate data, information, and digital content

0.519

0.262

0.449

0.258

0.552

0.288

Digital data, information, and content management

0.628

0.205

0.547

0.234

0.557

0.245

2. Online communication and collaboration

0.608

0.125

0.536

0.188

0.554

0.134

Interact through digital technologies

0.535

0.283

0.463

0.256

0.471

0.293

Sharing through digital technologies

0.657

0.258

0.612

0.216

0.633

0.240

Citizen participation through digital technologies

0.724

0.250

0.587

0.233

0.614

0.255

Collaboration through digital technologies

0.150

0.267

0.398

0.271

0.411

0.282

Online behavior

0.754

0.208

0.728

0.209

0.711

0.221

Digital identity management

0.468

0.252

0.431

0.200

0.483

0.254

3. Digital content creation

0.473

0.146

0.424

0.148

0.434

0.136

Content development

0.602

0.275

0.536

0.287

0.574

0.284

Integrating and re-elaborating digital content

0.583

0.247

0.510

0.258

0.495

0.248

Copyright and intellectual property licenses

0.411

0.291

0.391

0.259

0.399

0.275

Programming

0.294

0.262

0.260

0.246

0.268

0.221

4. Network security

0.748

0.122

0.700

0.160

0.716

0.164

Device protection

0.839

0.203

0.771

0.265

0.789

0.257

Personal data and privacy protection

0.758

0.243

0.757

0.227

0.725

0.261

Health and wellbeing protection

0.679

0.232

0.623

0.262

0.670

0.244

Environmental protection

0.716

0.189

0.648

0.238

0.682

0.263

5. Problem solving

0.491

0.154

0.409

0.149

0.464

0.172

Technical problem solving

0.591

0.236

0.521

0.243

0.571

0.244

Identifying technological needs and responses

0.505

0.277

0.434

0.273

0.485

0.289

Creative use of digital technology

0.296

0.275

0.246

0.251

0.294

0.279

Identifying gaps in digital skills

0.572

0.268

0.434

0.264

0.507

0.294

Total Scale of Digital Competence

0.570

0.090

0.507

0.094

0.533

0.101