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

• Access: 
  • frequency of digital technology use (daily screen time)
  • connection type (fixed broadband vs mobile data only)
  • data allowance and speed
  • Types and number of devices (including  desktops, laptops, smart phones, tablets, and an array of smart home devices).
• 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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• Digital Ability:*

  Self-assessed surveys allow people to score themselves for the following categories:*

  Basic operational: Including downloading and opening files, connecting to the internet, and setting passwords.

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  Advanced operational: Including saving to the cloud, determining what is safe to download, customising devices and connections, and adjusting privacy settings.

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  Information navigation: Including searching and navigating, verifying trustworthy information, and managing third party data collection.

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  Social: Including deciding what to share, how, and who with, manage and monitor contacts, and communicate with others.

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  Creative: Including editing, producing, and posting content, as well as a broad understanding of the rules that may apply to these activities.

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  Automation: Including connecting, operating, and managing smart devices and IoT technologies.

Expected Outputs

• The index is a score of 0-100 weighted across the three categories defined above. 

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).