Table 3 Baseline regression results.

From: Mechanisms and heterogeneity in the construction of network infrastructure to help rural households bridge the “digital divide”

Variables

Access divide

Use of the divide

Competence divide

(1)

(2)

(3)

Is it a pilot \(\times\) Whether to start implementing the policy

1.175***

(0.069)

0.528***

(0.057)

0.260

(0.022)

Gender

− 0.012

(0.052)

− 0.048

(0.046)

− 0.038

(0.039)

Age

− 0.098***

(0.002)

− 0.047***

(0.001)

− 0.070***

(0.002)

Years of education

0.250***

(0.007)

0.183***

(0.006)

0.224***

(0.006)

Marital status

0.054

(0.057)

− 0.213***

(0.048)

− 0.201***

(0.052)

Agricultural production

− 0.654***

(0.068)

− 0.254***

(0.057)

− 0.335***

(0.063)

Income

0.189***

(0.038)

0.142***

(0.022)

0.150***

(0.026)

Level of information importance

1.268***

(0.095)

0.924***

(0.087)

1.099***

(0.092)

Time fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Regional fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

18,098

18,098

18,098

\({\mathrm{R}}^{2}\)

0.381

0.248

0.219

  1. *, ** and *** indicate significant at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels respectively, with standard errors in brackets.