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. 2021 Jun 14;158(3):1065–1086. doi: 10.1007/s11205-021-02736-1

Table 6.

Mean differences in poverty dimensions between mobile Internet users and non-users

Variable Users Non-users Difference t-statistic
Multidimensional deprivation 0.08 (0.01) 0.12 (0.02) − 0.04* − 1.74
Income deprivation 0.03 (0.01) 0.08 (0.02) − 0.05*** − 3.69
Health deprivation 0.28 (0.02) 0.31 (0.03) − 0.03 − 1.09
Assets deprivation 0.06 (0.01) 0.18 (0.02) − 0.12*** − 5.40
Public service deprivation 0.41 (0.02) 0.31 (0.03) 0.10*** 2.89
Overall satisfaction deprivation 0.12 (0.01) 0.10 (0.02) 0.02 0.89
Happiness deprivation 0.10 (0.01) 0.12 (0.02) − 0.02 − 1.02

Multidimensional deprivation is a binary variable, which equals 1 if a household is multidimensionally poor and 0 otherwise. Standard errors are in parentheses, * p < 0.1, *** p < 0.01