Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the variables

Variable		Definition of variable	Mean	Std. dev.
Dependent variable	Parents’ mental health	/	32.6374	7.8917
Independent variable	Children’ s digital literacy (CDL)	/	0.3706	0.1842
Control variables	Age	Age of individuals	54.1543	8.2490
	Gender	Male = 1, Female = 0	0.4721	0.4993
	Marriage	Married or cohabiting = 1, Single = 0	0.9405	0.2365
	Education	Primary and below = 0, Junior = 1, Senior = 2, University and above = 3	0.2503	0.5919
	Family size	Number of household members	4.7206	1.5512
	Sibling	Number of siblings within the household	0.1751	0.4236
	Household net assets	Logarithm of household net assets	12.9729	1.2663
	Expenditure on commercial insurance	Logarithm of average annual household expenditure on commercial insurance	3.7845	4.1992
	Pension	Yes = 1, No = 0	0.4112	0.4921
	Government subsidy	Yes = 1, No = 0	0.4670	0.4990
	GDP	Logarithm of gross domestic product	10.9403	0.3997
	Health institution	Number of health institutions per 10,000 people	8.1409	2.6478
	Health technician	Number of health technicians per 1,000 people	7.1104	1.1256
	Bed	Number of beds per 10,000 people	64.0116	9.6450
	Urban	Urban = 1, Rural = 0	0.5340	0.4989
	Area	Eastern = 1, central = 2, Western = 3	1.8697	0.8330