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Table 4 Internet users (internet = 1) and non-internet users (internet = 0) mean differences.

From: Offline and hungry: the effect of internet use on the food insecurity of Indonesian agricultural households

Variable

Internet = 0

Internet = 1

Mean differences

Mean

Std. Dev

Mean

Std. Dev

Outcome variable

Raw score

0.8024

1.6061

0.5359

1.2655

− 0.2665***

Rasch score

0.1524

0.7652

0.0256

0.6617

− 0.1268***

Explanatory variable

Gender

0.8474

0.3596

0.9226

0.2672

0.0752***

Age

51.2848

14.5677

47.9186

11.8990

− 3.3662***

Education

0.2346

0.4237

0.4084

0.4915

0.1738***

Elders

0.3723

0.4834

0.2504

0.4333

− 0.1219***

Credit

0.0868

0.2816

0.2235

0.4166

0.1366***

Cooperation

0.3691

0.4826

0.6980

0.4591

0.3289***

Household size

3.9666

1.9317

4.0668

1.3740

0.1002***

Urban

0.1073

0.3094

0.1953

0.3965

0.0881***

Land ownership

0.7946

0.4040

0.8380

0.3685

0.0434***

Java

0.1939

0.3954

0.2339

0.4233

0.1079***

Sumatera

0.2461

0.4308

0.3540

0.4782

0.0373***

Kalimantan

0.0736

0.2612

0.1109

0.3140

0.0418***

Sulawesi

0.1239

0.3295

0.1657

0.3718

− 0.0185***

Bali and Nusa Tenggara

0.0980

0.2973

0.0795

0.2705

− 0.2083***

Maluku and Papua

0.2644

0.4410

0.0561

0.2301

0.1194***

Topography

0.4067

0.4912

0.5262

0.4993

− 0.2665***

Observations

47,270

 

93,622

 

140,892

  1. (*p < 0,001, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01)