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

• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  Attitudes

  • Computers and technology give  me more control over my life

  • I am interested in being able to  access the internet wherever I am

  • I go out of my way to learn everything  I can about new technology

  • I find technology is changing so fast,  it’s difficult to keep up with it (negative)

  Basic Skills

  • General internet skills

  • Mobile phone skills

  • Internet banking skills

  • Internet shopping skills

  • Internet community skills

  Activities

  • Streamed, played, or downloaded  content online

  • AV communication via the internet

  • Internet transaction or payment

  • Purchased or sold a product online

  • Internet information skills

  • I keep my computer up to date with  security software

Expected Outputs

• Individual Index dimensions are equally weighted in the construction of the total Index to derive an overall score from 0-100. 

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/Digital.aspx