Table 2.
Estimated results of the effect of digital literacy on the happiness of rural low-income groups.
| Variables | Subjective happiness | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Digital literacy | 0.078*** (0.025) | 0.066*** (0.025) | 0.033*** (0.012) | 0.028** (0.012) |
| Age | −0.089***(0.024) | −0.083***(0.024) | −0.038*** (0.011) | −0.035***(0.012) |
| Age squared | 0.113*** (0.027) | 0.101*** (0.027) | 0.050*** (0.013) | 0.044*** (0.013) |
| Gender | −0.138 (0.083) | −0.164* (0.085) | −0.061 (0.039) | −0.074* (0.041) |
| Marital status | 0.325** (0.143) | 0.280* (0.144) | 0.157** (0.067) | 0.138** (0.068) |
| Health | 0.342*** (0.033) | 0.307*** (0.034) | 0.163*** (0.016) | 0.149*** (0.017) |
| Political identity | −0.777 (0.495) | −0.836 (0.541) | −0.356* (0.212) | −0.368 (0.236) |
| Religious beliefs | 0.032 (0.239) | −0.045 (0.233) | 0.002 (0.115) | −0.034 (0.114) |
| Education | −0.002 (0.011) | −0.004 (0.011) | −0.003 (0.005) | −0.004 (0.005) |
| Family size | 0.048*** (0.019) | 0.045** (0.019) | 0.021*** (0.009) | 0.020** (0.009) |
| Household income | 0.129*** (0.049) | 0.101** (0.051) | 0.059** (0.023) | 0.047* (0.024) |
| Extroversion | 0.233*** (0.061) | 0.116*** (0.030) | ||
| Due diligence | 0.052 (0.069) | 0.025 (0.033) | ||
| Affinity | 0.355*** (0.070) | 0.172*** (0.034) | ||
| Openness | 0.061 (0.049) | 0.029 (0.024) | ||
| Emotional stability | 0.153*** (0.060) | 0.069** (0.029) | ||
| Village features | Control | Control | ||
| R-squared | 0.059 | 0.080 | 0.015 | 0.021 |
| F-value | 16.61*** | 15.37*** | ||
| Wald Chi2 | 156.99*** | 223.45*** | ||
| Observations | 3,013 | 3,013 | 3,013 | 3,013 |
Robust standard errors are shown in parentheses. ***, **, and * denote the significance of regression coefficients at the 1, 5, and 10% levels, respectively.