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Type and description Measurement

The digitally idle %JHJUBM UPPMT

Key features 4PDJBM
No digital effort. JNQBDUT 4FSWJDFT
Few psychological preparations.
Limited skills and social support.
Fair digital tool ownership or access, connecting service.
No impact on real life. 4PDJBM 1TZDIPMPHZ
TVQQPSU
Field case
The middle-aged female resident in Tuhe village of Tianjin: “In my
opinion, computer is very hard to control, for the small arrow of the 4PDJBM
mouse is running here and there. If I had the same energy and interest OPSNT "CJMJUJFT
invested in the mahjang, I had been already good at computer.”
&GGPSUT

Digital resister %JHJUBM UPPMT

Key features 4PDJBM
Strictly constrained by social norms. JNQBDUT 4FSWJDFT
Seldom digital efforts.
No psychological preparation.
Low skills and social support. 4PDJBM
Some digital tool ownership or access, connecting service. 1TZDIPMPHZ
Field case TVQQPSU
Another female resident in Tuhe village of Tianjin: “So far as I know,
some marriage could be damaged by online chatting with strangers. 4PDJBM
It ever happened in our village. I do not allow my daughter to chat OPSNT "CJMJUJFT
online with strangers. That is why I don’t want to learn.”
&GGPSUT
Vain seekers %JHJUBM UPPMT
Key features
No impact on real life. 4PDJBM 4FSWJDFT
Lots of digital efforts. JNQBDUT
Some psychological preparations.
Strong skills and social support.
Enough digital tool ownership or access, connecting service. 4PDJBM 1TZDIPMPHZ
Field case TVQQPSU
One online shop owner, a young woman,in Waijiao Village of
Guizhou: “I ever ran an online store to sell our special local products,
but it ended by low deals. The visitors would not pay for the food 4PDJBM "CJMJUJFT
without tasting.” OPSNT
&GGPSUT

The digitally extremely poor %JHJUBM UPPMT

Key features
No digital tool ownership or access, connecting service. 4PDJBM 4FSWJDFT
No psychological preparation. JNQBDUT
No digital ability.
No digital effort.
No positive norm. 4PDJBM 1TZDIPMPHZ
No social support. TVQQPSU
No impact on real life.
Field case
Residents in DingshuVillage of Anshun, Guizhou have no digital 4PDJBM "CJMJUJFT
demand, experience, or practices. OPSNT
&GGPSUT