Table 5.
Results of the subgroups analysis (age, sex, residence).
| Variables | Age | Sex | Residence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <70 | > =70 | Male | Female | Urban | Rural | |
| Internet | −0.2938* | −0.1627 | −0.2090 | −0.4455** | −0.3782** | −0.7812*** |
| (0.1624) | (0.2484) | (0.1977) | (0.1761) | (0.1589) | (0.2205) | |
| atanhrho_12 | 0.1328 | 0.1031 | 0.1161 | 0.2035** | 0.1826* | 0.3981*** |
| (0.0937) | (0.1372) | (0.1152) | (0.0994) | (0.0961) | (0.1063) | |
| Results of First Stage—use Internet or not | ||||||
| Internet penetration rate of the county level | 2.5408*** | 2.5749*** | 2.5479*** | 2.5195*** | 2.6401*** | 1.8944*** |
| (0.2214) | (0.3691) | (0.2524) | (0.2878) | (0.2287) | (0.3598) | |
| Covariates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| N | 4,921 | 2,696 | 3,839 | 3,778 | 3,678 | 3,939 |
| Variables | Education | |||||
| Results of the subgroups analysis (education) | ||||||
| Illiteracy | High school or less | College or more | ||||
| Internet | −0.7993* | −0.3952** | −0.6619 | |||
| (0.4207) | (0.1554) | (0.5143) | ||||
| atanhrho_12 | 0.3878** | 0.1822** | 0.4735 | |||
| (0.1814) | (0.0904) | (0.3051) | ||||
| Results of First Stage—use Internet or not | ||||||
| Internet penetration rate of the county level | 1.8105*** | 2.5785*** | 2.5558*** | |||
| (0.5212) | (0.2131) | (0.9065) | ||||
| Covariates | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| N | 2,906 | 4,524 | 187 | |||
indicate significance at 1, 5, and 10%, respectively. Standard errors are presented in parentheses.