Relationship Among Internet Use, Social Support and Financial Well-Being: Based on the Empirical Survey

Abstract

Based on the analysis of survey data of left-behind children in rural areas of Guizhou Province, this paper studies the happiness of left-behind children and explores its interaction and impact with Internet usage behavior and social support. This study uses a sample size of 336 to study the relationship between Internet use, social support and subjective well-being of left-behind children through descriptive statistical analysis. The findings show that economic status has a statistically significant impact on financial well-being, and that the impact of life satisfaction on well-being increases as satisfaction levels increase. However, the frequency and duration of Internet use did not have a significant impact on subjective well-being. On the contrary, research found that content preferences have a positive impact on social support and subjective well-being of left-behind children. Information-based network use can bring more social support, thus improving the life satisfaction of left-behind children. Finally, family support had a significant predictive effect on left-behind children’s subjective well-being. Future research can further explore the complex relationship between left-behind children’s Internet use, social support and subjective well-being, especially comparative studies in different regions and different cultural backgrounds, to comprehensively understand the formation mechanism of left-behind children’s well-being.

Keywords:

• Economic situation
• left-behind children
• network use
• social support
• financial well-being

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Data Availability Statement

Data will be made available upon request/reasonable request.

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Juan Tang

Juan Tang, Associate Professor, PhD, she was born in 1979 and graduated from the School of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University with a PhD. She currently working at the School of Communication, Guizhou University. Her research areas include communication studies and sociology.

Junwei Wang

Junwei Wang, Professor, PhD, he was born in 1972, and graduated from Fudan University with a PhD. He currently working at the School of Media and Law, NingboTech University. His research focuses on digital communication and online social behavior.