scholarly journals Internet Access and Nutritional Intake: Evidence from Rural China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Xue ◽  
Xinru Han ◽  
Ehsan Elahi ◽  
Yinyu Zhao ◽  
Xiudong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Nutritional Intake ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
The Past ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Nutritional Transition ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Food Consumed

Over the past four decades, China has experienced a nutritional transition and has developed the largest population of internet users. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of internet access on the nutritional intake in Chinese rural residents. An IV-Probit-based propensity score matching method was used to determine the impact of internet access on nutritional intake. The data were collected from 10042 rural households in six Chinese provinces. The results reveal that rural residents with internet access have significantly higher energy, protein, and fat intake than those without. Chinese rural residents with internet access consumed 1.35% (28.62 kcal), 5.02% (2.61 g), and 4.33% (3.30 g) more energy, protein, and fat, respectively. There was heterogeneity as regards the intake of energy, protein, and fat among those in different income groups. Moreover, non-staple food consumption is the main channel through which internet access affects nutritional intake. The results demonstrate that the local population should use the internet to improve their nutritional status. Further studies are required to investigate the impact of internet use on food consumed away from home and micronutrients intake.

scholarly journals Internet Access and Nutritional Intake: Evidence from Rural China

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 2015
Author(s):  
Ping Xue ◽  
Xinru Han ◽  
Ehsan Elahi ◽  
Yinyu Zhao ◽  
Xiudong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Nutritional Intake ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Micronutrient Intake ◽  
Nutritional Transition ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Food Consumed

Over the past 4 decades, China has experienced a nutritional transition and has developed the largest population of internet users. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of internet access on the nutritional intake in Chinese rural residents. An IV-Probit-based propensity score matching method was used to determine the impact of internet access on nutritional intake. The data were collected from 10,042 rural households in six Chinese provinces. The results reveal that rural residents with internet access have significantly higher energy, protein, and fat intake than those without. Chinese rural residents with internet access consumed 1.35% (28.62 kcal), 5.02% (2.61 g), and 4.33% (3.30 g) more energy, protein, and fat, respectively. There was heterogeneity in regard to the intake of energy, protein, and fat among those in different income groups. Moreover, non-staple food consumption is the main channel through which internet access affects nutritional intake. The results demonstrate that the local population uses the internet to improve their nutritional status. Further studies are required to investigate the impact of internet use on food consumed away from home and micronutrient intake.

scholarly journals Internet Access and Nutritional Intake: Evidence from Rural China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Xue ◽  
Xinru Han ◽  
Ehsan Elahi ◽  
Yinyu Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Nutritional Intake ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Impact

China has been experienced a nutrition transition and has developed the largest population of internet users. We evaluate the impacts of internet access on the nutritional intake of Chinese rural residents. An IV-Probit based propensity score matching method is used to determine the impact of internet access on nutritional intake. The data were collected from 10042 rural households existed in six provinces of China. The results reveal that the rural residents with internet access have significantly higher intakes of energy, protein, and fat than those without their counterparts. Chinese rural residents with Internet access significantly increase the intakes of energy, protein, and fat by 1.35 percent (28.62 kcal), 5.02 percent (2.61 g), and 4.33 percent (3.30 g), respectively. There is heterogeneity in the intakes of energy, protein, and fat among those in different income groups. Moreover, non-staple food consumption is the main channel through which internet access affects nutritional intake. The results stress to local population to use internet for the improvement of nutritional status.

Performance Analysis of Web Services in Different Types of Internet Technologies

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 1431-1436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shariq Hussain ◽  
Zhao Shun Wang ◽  
Ibrahima Kalil Toure
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Testing Tools ◽  
Service Testing ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Web Service Testing ◽  
The Impact

Web services technology gained popularity in recent years and became an evident model of Web. The benefits offered by web services include provision of platform for interaction of several applications through the Internet. Users interact with web services by means of Internet. The tremendous advancement in Internet technology has enabled new form of services and activities. Performance of web services is of great importance to the users and is heavily dependent on underlying Internet access technologies. In this paper, we describe three mostly used Internet access technologies and analyze the performance of web services over these technologies by using open-source web service testing tools. Results of the comparison will help in better understanding the impact of these technologies on performance of web services, and also selection and usage of suitable Internet access technologies for web services.

scholarly journals Impact of Internet Use on Mental Health among Elderly Individuals: A Difference-in-Differences Study Based on 2016–2018 CFPS Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Huan Zhang ◽  
Hongyang Wang ◽  
Huiyu Yan ◽  
Xiaoyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The number of elderly Internet users has increased significantly in the past few years. However, the impact of Internet use on mental health remains unclear. In this study, we performed a difference-in-differences analysis using data from the 2016 and 2018 waves of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to evaluate the impact of Internet usage on mental health among elderly individuals. A total of 5031 validated respondents were included to explore the relationship between Internet use and reduced levels of depression as well as improved life satisfaction among elderly individuals. The results showed that Internet use significantly reduced depression levels. Unexpectedly, Internet use was not found to improve life satisfaction. Moreover, discontinuing Internet use was not significantly associated with improvements in depression or life satisfaction. More research is needed to fully elucidate the relationship between Internet use and depression levels, as well as life satisfaction among elderly individuals.

Technology, enrollment gender gap and the impact of social norms in rural China

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hejun Gu ◽  
Ugur Aytun Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Gender Patterns ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Investigating the relationship between gender gap in school enrollment and the spread of information and communication technology (ICT) in rural China. Design/methodology/approach Using data from China Health and Nutrition Survey for the period of 1991-2009, we document gender patterns of school enrollments of children aged between 7 and 18 years. We estimate the impact of phone and internet access on school enrollments of children using a probit model. Findings The results indicate that the spread of phone and internet access both contribute to an increase in enrollment of females. Naturally, the gender gap in enrollments is not simply shaped by technology, and social norms also play an important role. Consequently, our results also show that enrollment of females is lower in the communities where pro-son preference is stronger, holding technology and other factors constant. Originality/value We conclude that promoting further development of telecommunications services may result in narrowing the school enrollment gender gap in rural China. This conclusion is valuable in setting governmental policies as well as guiding the actions of NGOs.

scholarly journals COVID-19 scenarios for comparing the effectiveness of age-specific vaccination regimes, exemplified for the city of Aschaffenburg (Germany)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Krebs ◽  
Holger von Jouanne-Diedrich ◽  
Michael J Moeckel
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Strong Increase ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Purpose of this report: The purpose of this rapid communication is to illustrate the effectiveness of different vaccination regimes for controlling the number of severe and critical COVID-19 cases in the city of Aschaffenburg, Germany. Our results show that, despite numerous vaccinations in the past, further vaccinations are necessary to immunize the population and to keep the number of severe and critical cases low in the coming months. Considering that not all people can or want to receive vaccination, we compare different age-specific vaccination approaches. Applied Methods: We use the agent-based epidemiological simulator Covasim for discussing the impact of different vaccination strategies. We calibrate it to reproduce the historical course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Aschaffenburg, Germany; for this, we model and integrate numerous public health interventions imposed on the local population. As for some of the political actions rigorous quantification is currently not available, we fit those unknown (free) model parameters to published data on the measured epidemiological dynamics. Then we calculate the state of immunization of the population, gained through infections and vaccinations, at any time in the past, including models for time-dependent immunity decay that have been made available in Covasim. Finally, we define and compare scenar-ios of different vaccination regimes, especially with regard to vaccinating adolescents and providing booster vaccinations to the elderly. Key message: Without further vaccinations, we expect a strong increase in severe and critical cases. In order to restrict their growth our simulations suggest that in all considered cases vaccinations of unvaccinated people is more effective than booster vaccinations for already fully vaccinated people. This applies even to vaccinations of young people who are not themselves at high risk of developing severe or critical illness. We attribute this observation to the fact that immunization of adolescents indirectly protects vulnerable age groups by preventing the spread of the virus more ef-fectively than further immunizing other age groups. This indicates that with the pandemic ongoing, strategies focussed on minimizing individual health risks by vaccinations may no longer coincide with those needed to minimize the num-ber of severe and critical cases.

scholarly journals Village-level supply reliability of surface water irrigation in rural China: effects of climate change

2018 ◽  
Vol 379 ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Yanrong Li ◽  
Jinxia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Supply Reliability

Abstract. Surface water, as the largest part of water resources, plays an important role on China's agricultural production and food security. And surface water is vulnerable to climate change. This paper aims to examine the status of the supply reliability of surface water irrigation, and discusses how it is affected by climate change in rural China. The field data we used in this study was collected from a nine-province field survey during 2012 and 2013. Climate data are offered by China's National Meteorological Information Center which contains temperature and precipitation in the past 30 years. A Tobit model (or censored regression model) was used to estimate the influence of climate change on supply reliability of surface water irrigation. Descriptive results showed that, surface water supply reliability was 74 % in the past 3 years. Econometric results revealed that climate variables significantly influenced the supply reliability of surface water irrigation. Specifically, temperature is negatively related with the supply reliability of surface water irrigation; but precipitation positively influences the supply reliability of surface water irrigation. Besides, climate influence differs by seasons. In a word, this paper improves our understanding of the impact of climate change on agriculture irrigation and water supply reliability in the micro scale, and provides a scientific basis for relevant policy making.

scholarly journals Going online on behalf of someone else: Characteristics of Internet users who act as proxy users

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482092805
Author(s):  
Bianca C Reisdorf ◽  
Andraž Petrovčič ◽  
Darja Grošelj
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
The Past ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Internet Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Nationally Representative

An important contribution of digital inequalities research has been the discussion of nuances in ways that people (dis)engage with information and communication technologies (ICTs). One such practice is proxy Internet use (PIU): indirect Internet access by asking others to do things online for them or on their behalf. Whereas there is a good amount of research on those who are on the receiving end of PIU, users-by-proxy, little is known about “proxy users” who provide PIU. Analyses of nationally representative survey data from Slovenia ( N = 1047) collected in 2018 show that 51% of Internet users reported to have acted as proxy users in the past 12 months. Multivariate analyses unveil that those Internet users who report a wider array of personal, economic, social Internet uses as well as those with higher levels of operational Internet skills are more likely to act as proxy users.

Indirect Recognition

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-77
Author(s):  
Christian Lund
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Population ◽  
New Order ◽  
Formal Property ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Work ◽  
The Impact

This chapter evaluates the impact of the declaration of Mount Halimun-Salak as a national park by the Indonesian government on the property and citizenship of the local population. It analyzes government–citizen encounters in West Java and the dynamics of recognition in the fields of government territorialization, taxation, local organization, and identity politics. If direct claims to resources were impossible to pursue, people would instead lodge indirect claims. In everyday situations, indirect recognition can perform important legal and political work. After the authoritarian New Order regime, in particular, claims to citizenship worked as indirect property claims and as pragmatic proxies for formal property rights. The chapter examines how people struggle over the past, negotiating the constraints of social propriety for legitimation and indirect recognition of their claims.

Civic Space Portal

2005 ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
Olesya Arkyhypska ◽  
Svitlana Bilous ◽  
Vitaly Yarinich
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Press Release ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Civic Space ◽  
At Home ◽  
Internet Cafes

Internet use in Ukraine has grown rapidly over the past years. In January 2001, the number of Internet users constituted 4.6% of the Ukraine’s population, in January 2002—5.5%. In 2003, the number of Ukrainian e-users reached 8% of Ukrainian population or 3.8 million people (Press release, 2003). Research shows that about 2% of Ukrainian men and 2% of women have access to the Internet at home. Thirty-seven percent use Internet at work, 22% at home and 21% in Internet access sites (e.g., Internet cafes, libraries, etc.). Thirteen percent of Ukrainians residing in cities with the population of more than 500,000 inhabitants are Internet users, however in other areas of Ukraine its rate is lower—only 1%.

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