TABLE 5.

Individual‐level associations between Internet use and willingness to migrate to another country, by intensity of Internet use, Arab Barometer data

	Considered emigrating: Any reason
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Internet use/intensity (Ref.: no use)
Several times a year	0.181***	0.106***	0.098***	0.093***
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.03)
At least once a month	0.162***	0.092***	0.082***	0.095***
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)
At least once a week	0.164***	0.093***	0.086***	0.091***
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)
Daily or almost daily	0.198***	0.137***	0.121***	0.125***
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Sex (sale = 1)		0.112***	0.115***	0.101***
		(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Age		−0.008***	−0.001	0.000
		(0.00)	(0.00)	(0.00)
Age squared		0.000**	−0.000***	−0.000**
		(0.00)	(0.00)	(0.00)
Married (yes = 1)			−0.068***	−0.037***
			(0.01)	(0.01)
Education (ref.: none)
Elementary			0.01	−0.008
			(0.01)	(0.02)
Preparatory/basic			0.014	−0.017
			(0.01)	(0.02)
Secondary			0.030***	0.004
			(0.01)	(0.02)
BA and above			0.036***	0.002
			(0.01)	(0.02)
Employed (yes = 1)			−0.034***	−0.002
			(0.01)	(0.01)
General trust			−0.073***	−0.074***
			(0.01)	(0.01)
Income deciles (by country‐wave)				−0.005***
				(0.00)
Constant	0.213***	0.437***	0.335***	0.363***
	(0.00)	(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.05)
R‐squared	0.040	0.153	0.168	0.149
Observations	33,828	33,775	28,384	14,490

***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.

NOTES: Linear probability models (LPM). Standard errors in parentheses. Country and wave dummies included in all specifications.

SOURCE: Arab Barometer.