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. 2024 Nov 28;14:29574. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81069-8

Table 7.

Table of seafarers’ digital literacy levels across five areas.

Source: Table 7 developed by the authors.

Areas Key competences Mean SD Skewness Kurtosis
General Information Literacy D1 Information Acquisition 3.35 0.83 − 0.49 0.13
D2 Information Evaluation 3.47 0.75 − 0.50 0.63
D3 Information Management 3.42 0.76 − 0.43 0.77
Digital Safety and Ethics D4 Infrastructure Security 3.36 0.92 − 0.31 -0.10
D5 Privacy Protection 3.48 0.86 − 0.25 0.12
D6 Health Protection 3.44 0.88 − 0.34 0.05
D7 Environmental Protection 3.46 0.85 − 0.46 0.37
Communication and Collaboration D8 Online Communication 3.71 0.83 − 0.48 0.45
D9 Digital Sharing 3.46 0.80 − 0.18 0.37
D10 Promoting Social Inclusion 3.57 0.76 − 0.43 0.56
D11 Remote Collaboration 3.55 0.76 − 0.39 0.62
D12 Netiquette 3.74 0.81 − 0.55 0.57
D13 Digital Identity Management 3.77 0.82 − 0.59 0.61
Digital Content Creation D14 Digital Content Creation 3.57 0.80 − 0.32 0.36
D15 Digital Content Integration 3.35 0.88 − 0.25 0.06
D16 Digital Copyright and Licensing 3.49 0.81 − 0.35 0.42
D17 Programming 2.75 1.12 0.09 − 0.97
Problem Solving D18 Mastering Digital Technology 3.67 0.95 − 0.73 0.32
D19 Solving Technical Problems 3.33 0.86 − 0.23 0.26
D20 Identifying Needs and Tech Solutions 3.45 0.79 − 0.32 0.47
D21 Creatively Using Digital Technology 3.44 0.78 − 0.14 0.26
D22 Boosting Digital Skills 3.57 0.78 − 0.34 0.56