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Digitalization in China: who’s left behind?

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Pages 1247-1265 | Received 24 Nov 2022, Accepted 30 Jun 2023, Published online: 14 Aug 2023

Figures & data

Figure 1. Number of Internet users in China and the proportion of users who access Internet using mobile devices. Source: Author’s calculations using data from China Internet Network Information Center.

Figure 1. Number of Internet users in China and the proportion of users who access Internet using mobile devices. Source: Author’s calculations using data from China Internet Network Information Center.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of covariates by subsample.

Table 2. Matrix comparing demographic attributes of digital technology users versus non-users.

Figure 2. Internet use (1 = used, 0 = did not use) parsed out by type of hukou (1 = rural, 2 = resident and previously rural, 3 = resident and previously urban, 4 = urban).

Figure 2. Internet use (1 = used, 0 = did not use) parsed out by type of hukou (1 = rural, 2 = resident and previously rural, 3 = resident and previously urban, 4 = urban).

Figure 3. E-payment system use (1 = used, 0 = did not use) parsed out by type of hukou (1 = rural, 2 = resident and previously rural, 3 = resident and previously urban, 4 = urban).

Figure 3. E-payment system use (1 = used, 0 = did not use) parsed out by type of hukou (1 = rural, 2 = resident and previously rural, 3 = resident and previously urban, 4 = urban).

Table 3. Binary logistic regressions predicting Internet use over the past six months across different types of hukou.

Table 4. Binary logistic regressions predicting e-payment system use over the past twelve months across different types of hukou.

Table 5. Causal mediation analyses on education’s mediating influence on the effects of being female on Internet use among rural hukou.

Table 6. Causal mediation analyses on education’s mediating influence on the effects of being female on e-payment system use among rural hukou.

Table 7. Causal mediation analyses on education’s mediating influence on the effects of being female on Internet use among urban hukou.

Table 8. Causal mediation analyses on education’s mediating influence on the effects of being female on e-payment system use among urban hukou.

Table 9. Reasons for not using Internet.