Digital Access, Use and Skills across Four Countries

Construction of Scales and Preliminary Results from the Round Five Survey of Young Lives

Abstract

This technical note outlines the procedures used to develop a digital module, administered to both Young Lives cohorts in the 4 study countries during the Round 5 household survey in 2016. The modules were based on existing scales in this field. The researchers carried out pilot tests of instruments and performed psychometric analysis to present evidence of the reliability and validity of the instruments. The items measure access, digital skills and use of digital devices, including computers, tablets, the internet and mobile phones. This note provides measures of computer (offline) and internet skills, estimated through factor analysis.

Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) over 15 years. Young Lives is funded by the UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Santiago Cueto, Claudia Felipe, Juan León; Digital Access, Use and Skills across Four Countries: Construction of Scales and Preliminary Results from the Round Five Survey of Young Lives; Young Lives Technical Note 46, 2018

Digital Access, Use and Skills across Four Countries: Construction of Scales and Preliminary Results from the Round Five Survey of Young Lives

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Published 22 June 2018