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Digital Divide in Adoption, Online Experience, and Online Purpose
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Digital Divide in Adoption, Online Experience, and Online PurposeAdoption Divide
The overall Internet adoption rate is higher in Taiwan, Macau and Korea than in Chinese Mainland although there are a large number of inhabitants there. In all the four regions, the Internet adoption rate among males is higher than that among females, but the difference is not so much, which is less-than-10%. * Taiwan Age groups: 12-14; 15-24; 25-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55 and older Taiwan and Korea both have a high Internet adoption in all age groups (more than 75%) except those aged 55 and older. In Taiwan, all of the 12-14 ages use the Internet and also in Korea, all of the 6-24 ages use the Internet. The Internet adoption of Chinese mainland is lower than that of other regions in every age group. In Chinese mainland, people aged 25-34 exhibits the highest adoption rate of the Internet as compared with other age group.
China: put the Bachelor and Master or above together. The higher the degree of education obtained, the higher the Internet adoption is. People with a master degree/above have the highest Internet adoption as compared to other education degree. Especially in Macau and Korea, the Internet adoption of those with a master degree or above reaches 100%.In Chinese Mainland, people with elementary school and below exhibit a lower adoption rate than other qualifications, which is only 12.0%. The Internet adoption rate among students is higher than that among non-students in all the four regions (Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and Korea). In Taiwan and Korea, all the students use the Internet and the adoption rate reaches 100%. Chinese mainland gets the lowest adoption rates among students (61.8%) as compared to other regions and also gets the lowest adoption rates among non-students (38.0%).
*Korea: Household income is categorized by (1) First income quartile (bottom quartile) :less than 1.5 million won; (2) Second income quartile: 1.5-2.5 million won; (3) Third income quartile : 2.5-3.5 million won; (4) Fourth income quartile (top quartile) : more than 3.5 million won; Exchange rate : 1USD≒1,112KRW(as of 2013.8.9). In Korea, the higher the household income, and the higher the Internet adoption rate is. The highest household income group has the highest adoption, which is 97.1%. In Taiwan, the third quartile has the highest adoption which is 92.5%. Online Experience Divide
Males have a longer experience getting online than females in all the three regions. Especially, in Taiwan, males have been online for 8.9 years which is highest among the three regions. *Taiwan Age groups: 12-14; 15-24; 25-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55 and older. In Taiwan, Macau and Korea, people who aged between 25 and 34 have the longest online experience as compared to other age groups, which are 9.8, 10.6 and 9.9 years respectively. The higher the degree of education obtained, the longer the online experience in the three regions. In Korea, people with a master or above degree get the longest online experience, which is 13.3 years. The non-students have more online experience than students in the three regions. The non-students in Taiwan (9.1 years) get longer online experience than that of other regions. *Korea: Household income is categorized by (1) First income quartile (bottom quartile) :less than 1.5 million won; (2) Second income quartile: 1.5-2.5 million won; (3) Third income quartile : 2.5-3.5 million won; (4) Fourth income quartile (top quartile) : more than 3.5 million won; Exchange rate : 1USD≒1,112KRW(as of 2013.8.9). In both Taiwan and Korea, the higher the household income, the longer the online experience. Online Purpose Divide
The percentage of males getting information online is higher than that of female in Taiwan While in Macau and Korea, the percentage of females getting information online is higher than that of males. In Chinese Mainland and Korea, the percentage of males getting online for communication by text is higher than that of females. However, in Taiwan and Macau, the percentage of females getting online for communication by text is higher than that of males. In these four regions, the percentage of males getting online for leisure is higher than that of females. In Taiwan and Korea, males occupy a greater proportion of downloading/upgrading software online as compared to that of females. There is a 4.4% difference between the percentage of downloading/ upgrading software online by males and by females both in Taiwan and Korea. In Macau, the percentage of females getting online for downloading/update software is higher than that of males. In Taiwan, the proportion of people aged 55 or above getting online for information is higher than other age groups. In Macau, the proportion of people aged 25-34 getting online for information is the highest as compared to other age groups. In Korea, people aged 15-24 who get online for information accounts for the highest proportion (98.7%). In Taiwan and Macau, the proportions of people getting online for communication by text are relatively low. Especially the proportion of people aged 14 or below getting online for communication by text is lower than other age groups. In Chinese mainland and Korea, the proportion of people aged 15-24 getting online for communication is higher than other age groups. In Taiwan and Macau, it shows that the greater the age, the lower the proportion of getting online for leisure. In Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macau, the proportion of people aged 14 or below getting online for leisure is the highest. In Korea, the proportion of people aged 15-24 getting online for leisure is the highest.
In Taiwan and Korea, the higher the degree of education obtained, the greater the proportion of people getting online for information. Especially in Korea, almost all the people with a master’s degree or above get online for information. In Macau, people with a Bachelor/College get the highest percentage of getting online for information.
In all these regions, the higher the degree of education obtained, the greater the proportion of getting online for communication by text. In Chinese Mainland and Korea, the proportions of people with a master’s degree or above getting online for communication by text are 94.6% and 100.0% respectively, both higher than those in Taiwan and Macau. In Taiwan, the higher the degree of education obtained, the lower the proportion of getting online for leisure. In Chinese mainland, the proportion of people with Bachelor/college degree getting online for leisure is higher than other degree groups. In Macau, the proportion of people with elementary school and below getting online for leisure is higher as compared to other degree groups. In Korea, the proportion of people with Master or above degree getting online for leisure researches 100%. In all the three regions (Taiwan, Macau and Korea), there are a higher percentage of non-students getting online for information as compared to that of students. In Korea, the percentage of non-students getting online for information (93.7%) is highest. In Taiwan and Macau, a higher percentage of non-students get online for communication as compared to that of students. However, in Korea, the percentage of non-students getting online for communication is lower than that of students. In Chinese mainland, the percentage of non-students getting online for leisure is equal to that of students. In all the four regions (Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Macau and Korea), a higher percentage of students go online for leisure as compared to that of non-students. In Korea, the percentage of students get online for leisure (98.0%) is the highest among all regions. Directory: data -> upload data -> The Impact of Saharan dust aerosols on tropical cyclones using wrf-chem: Model framework and satellite data constraint technique data -> Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Tropical Storm and Hurricane Activity in the Caribbean and Consequent Health Impacts data -> Meeting Of September 16, 2010 today’s meeting upload -> In 2013 / 2014 – Student Interns of Co-op Programme and Sandwich Programme for University Students upload -> Tips for answering these questions upload -> Procedures not routinely commissioned referral form benign Anal Conditions upload -> Georgia State University and Peking University Health Sciences Center Summer Cultural Exchange 2008 June 27 August 2, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, usa upload -> American English or U. S. English upload -> The West, Globalization, and Pussy Riot Portrayals of Russia and Eurasia’s enemies in the work of Alexsandr G. Dugin Download 284.16 Kb. Share with your friends:
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