Chinese Rural Internet Use and Green Technology Adoption Panel Data (2014–2022)

Five waves of nationally representative panel data from the China Family Panel Studies track the dynamic effects of internet use on green agricultural technology adoption among Chinese farmers. The dataset comprises 8,652 household-wave observations from 2014 to 2022, analyzed using fixed-effects and instrumental variable methods. Author Peipei Zheng uses this data to examine temporal dynamics and mediating mechanisms like information access and social network expansion.

Use Cases

• Modeling the causal impact of internet access on technology adoption based on panel data and instrumental variable approaches.
• Analyzing temporal lag effects and cumulative returns of online experience on agricultural practices.
• Investigating mediating mechanisms like social network expansion, information access, and environmental awareness.
• Conducting heterogeneity analysis to compare effects across farmer demographics such as age, education, and farm scale.

Strengths

• Contains 8,652 household-wave observations, providing a substantial panel sample.
• Data spans five waves over an eight-year period (2014–2022), enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Analysis employs robust econometric methods (fixed-effects, 2SLS) to address endogeneity.
• Results quantify specific mediation effects (e.g., social network expansion accounts for 13.50% of the total effect).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying raw data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 17.1 KB file size suggests the provided document is likely a summary or supplementary analysis, not the full dataset.

Provenance

Source

China Family Panel Studies (CFPS)

Collection Method

Nationally representative panel surveys.

Time Range

2014–2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 05:46:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rural China