Think about the extent to which each sentence applies to you, if you would have to do this activity now and without help. Please be honest. It is very normal that you never do some things. We'd like to know this. If you don't understand what the question means, please choose 'I don't understand the question.' Do you recognize yourself in the following statements?
Skills
The Skills section measures participants’ self-assessed ability to perform a wide range of digital tasks. These items capture how confident people feel doing things like searching for information, creating content, protecting their privacy, or recognizing when AI is being used. The questions cover different domains of digital competence, from information and communication skills to AI and generative AI skills, and together provide insight into participants’ everyday digital capabilities and confidence levels.
For all skills questions, we used the following wording
Transactional
Transactional Competence covers the ability to handle official online matters: managing government services, digital payments, healthcare arrangements, and document uploads.
AI
AI Competence covers the ability to recognize when websites and apps use artificial intelligence to personalize content and recommendations.
Gen AI
Generative AI competence covers the ability to engage with AI tools like ChatGPT: knowing how to verify AI-generated information, writing effective prompts, detecting AI-generated content, and understanding GenAI’s capabilities and limitations.