Social challenge/ impact linked to:

Level of importance

1 - High Importance / must have

Description

Digital access is an important indicator of socioeconomic development but it varies considerable across age and economic backgrounds. 

In DivAirCity we base this index on the Australian Digital Inclusion Index, (ADII), which has been developed recently enough to be relevant compared to historic studies which focus on computer ownership and ignore technological shifts such as tablets and smart phones. The index can be found here: The ADII - Australian Digital Inclusion Index

The ADII has three main components scored out of 100: Access, affordability, and digital ability.  Each of these are made up of several components sourced from questionnaire data. 

Scale as linked to D2.2 framework

• National
• City
• Neighborhood 
• Project Area

Data source and input type

• Public data
• Surveys

Connection with SDGs

• Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Required Data

• Affordability:
  • Ratio of household income to median cost of internet bundle for ideally-conected single-headed and family household (the internet bundle contains quality + reliable connectivity through fast service and unlimited data allowance through both broadband and 4G/5G.
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Expected Outputs

Calculation methods

• Survey interpretation

Level of expertise required

• Medium 

Links and references

• The ADII - Australian Digital Inclusion Index
• Selhofer, H. and Hüsing, T., 2002, November. The digital divide index–a measure of social inequalities in the adoption of ICT. In Proceedings of the Xth European Conference on Information Systems ECIS (pp. 1273-1286).
• https://www.digitalinclusionindex.org.au/dashboard/Affordability.aspx