Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 1 The proportion of using the Internet by sex

From: Internet use and gender wage gap: evidence from China

	Unit: %
	Total	Males	Females	Gap (M-F)
Total
2014	34.84	37.82	32.08	5.74
2016	49.88	52.93	46.95	5.98
2018	62.41	65.19	59.74	5.46
Low education
2014	6.61	8.37	5.61	2.77
2016	15.72	17.46	14.72	2.75
2018	34.04	38.21	31.18	7.03
Middle education
2014	41.21	40.42	42.14	− 1.71
2016	56.15	55.10	57.39	− 2.29
2018	69.52	68.60	70.60	− 2.00
High education
2014	65.98	68.89	63.20	5.68
2016	74.28	75.63	72.81	2.82
2018	94.73	94.64	94.82	− 0.19
Born before 1979
2014	6.03	8.14	3.80	4.34
2016	11.32	12.75	9.73	3.02
2018	19.45	21.65	17.01	4.64
Born in 1979–1989
2014	32.44	36.46	28.81	7.65
2016	47.36	51.41	43.56	7.85
2018	58.55	61.95	55.33	6.62
Born after 1990
2014	81.28	81.94	80.69	1.25
2016	89.31	90.24	88.41	1.83
2018	93.14	93.45	92.83	0.62

Source: Authors’ calculations based on the data from CFPS of 2014, 2016, and 2018
Gap = percentage of male Internet user-percentage of female Internet user
Age range: 16–60 years
Low education: elementary school and lower; Middle education: junior and senior high school; High education: college and higher

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