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Table 2. Ordinary types of digital poverty
Type and description Measurement
The physically poor %JHJUBM UPPMT

Key features
No digital tool ownership or access. 4PDJBM 4FSWJDFT
No connecting service. JNQBDUT
Fair social support, psychological preparations.
Few efforts.
Modest abilities. 4PDJBM 1TZDIPMPHZ
Seldom impacts on real life. TVQQPSU
Field case
The couple in Hongda Village of Gansu: “If we were equipped with
computer and broadband, we would have surfed the Internet after 4PDJBM "CJMJUJFT
daily work and meals.” OPSNT
&GGPSUT
The digitally illiterate %JHJUBM UPPMT
Key features
No psychological preparation. 4PDJBM
No ability/literacy. JNQBDUT 4FSWJDFT
Fair digital tool ownership or access, connecting service.
Few social support.
Low efforts. 4PDJBM
No impact on real life. TVQQPSU 1TZDIPMPHZ
Field case
The senior resident in Mifeng Village of Anhui replied to the question
why he did not use computer and related things:“I ever tried the public 4PDJBM
computer in the village office, but I could not manipulate it. Even OPSNT "CJMJUJFT
if there were opportunities for me to be trained, I would have been
too old to learn since I retired from the village committee in 2002” &GGPSUT
The psychologically vulnerable %JHJUBM UPPMT

Key features 4PDJBM
No psychological preparation. JNQBDUT 4FSWJDFT
Some degree of skills.
Fair digital tool ownership or access, connecting service.
Limited social support. 4PDJBM
Many efforts. TVQQPSU 1TZDIPMPHZ
No impact on real life.
Field case
75 years-old lady in Liye of Hunan when asked the question of 4PDJBM
“whether or not you are willing to learn computer?”:“I am too old, OPSNT "CJMJUJFT
like the falling big tree, and thus nothing can be changed positively.”
&GGPSUT
The socially lonely %JHJUBM UPPMT
Key features
No social support. 4PDJBM 4FSWJDFT
Some psychological preparations. JNQBDUT
Modest skills.
Fair digital tool ownership or access, connecting service.
Few impacts on real life. 4PDJBM 1TZDIPMPHZ
Field case TVQQPSU
The high school student in Yipin Town of Chongqing:
“When I was in grade seven, I usually went to cyber bar together
with my classmates, and consequently became familiar with 4PDJBM "CJMJUJFT
computer. In contrast, other classmates in my current high middle OPSNT
school who grew up in rural areas know nothing about computers.” &GGPSUT