Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, opinions on Internet use, digital opportunity, and information literacy between participants who did and did not adopt the Internet or withdraw from the Internet.
| Item by Internet adoption or withdrawal | Yes (adopted/withdrew) | No (did not adopt/withdraw) | P | ||
| Internet adoption | N=103 | N=1445 | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 58.4 (6.0) | 65.2 (9.6) | <.001 | ||
| Gender (male), n (%) | 54 (52.4) | 681 (47.1) | .30 | ||
| Education, n (%) | <.001 | ||||
| Elementary school or below | 14 (13.6) | 1043 (72.2) | |||
| High school | 66 (64.1) | 333 (23.1) | |||
| College or above | 23 (22.3) | 69 (4.8) | |||
| Family income/month (NT$), n (%) | <.001 | ||||
| <30,000 | 43 (41.3) | 986 (68.2) | |||
| 30,000~90,000 | 45 (44.0) | 384 (26.6) | |||
| >90,000 | 15 (14.7) | 75 (5.2) | |||
| Opinions on Internet use, n (%) | |||||
| Perceived helpfulness | 85 (85.9) | — | — | ||
| Perceived fun | 62 (60.2) | — | — | ||
| Perceived more interpersonal interaction | 21 (20.4) | — | — | ||
| Internet withdrawal | N=293 | N=1282 | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 59.6 (7.1) | 57.6 (5.6) | <.001 | ||
| Gender (male), n (%) | 139 (47.4) | 705 (55.0) | .02 | ||
| Education, n (%) | <.001 | ||||
| Elementary school or below | 40 (13.7) | 58 (4.5) | |||
| High school | 173 (58.9) | 524 (40.9) | |||
| College or above | 80 (27.4) | 700 (54.6) | |||
| Family income/month (NT$), n (%) | <.001 | ||||
| <30,000 | 82 (27.9) | 146 (11.4) | |||
| 30,000~90,000 | 152 (52.1) | 563 (43.9) | |||
| >90,000 | 59 (20.0) | 573 (44.7) | |||
| Digital opportunity, n (%) | |||||
| Larger circle of friends | 72 (24.6) | 459 (35.8) | .001 | ||
| More job opportunities | 35 (12.0) | 237 (18.5) | .009 | ||
| More learning opportunities | 123 (41.8) | 948 (73.9) | <.001 | ||
| Increased income | 16 (5.5) | 142 (11.1) | .004 | ||
| More information of life | 120 (41.0) | 997 (77.8) | <.001 | ||
| Enriched recreation and entertainment | 114 (39.0) | 914 (71.3) | <.001 | ||
| More government information | 90 (30.7) | 761 (59.4) | <.001 | ||
| Ability to connect with others with the same political/policy views | 14 (4.6) | 213 (16.6) | <.001 | ||
| Information literacy, n (%) | |||||
| Know how to apply for a user account and password | 52 (17.8) | 705 (55.0) | <.001 | ||
| Know how to use a word processing program | 135 (46.1) | 885 (69.0) | <.001 | ||
| Know how to upload and download files | 99 (33.8) | 883 (68.9) | <.001 | ||