A latent profile analysis of DigComp dimensions and the alignment with EU digital goals : a case of Slovenia

Dečman, Mitja (avtor), Klun, Maja (avtor), Stare, Janez (avtor)

The European Union’s Digital Decade strategy, structured around the Digital Compass, identifies digital skills as a key dimension to ensure that at least 80% of the population possesses basic digital competencies by 2030. According to the DESI 2024 report, only the Netherlands and Finland have already reached this benchmark, while other member states, including Slovenia, lag behind. In 2023, only 46.7% of Slovenian citizens demonstrated at least basic digital skills, highlighting the urgency of addressing the digital divide. Drawing on resource and appropriation theory and digital capital theory, this study investigates the relationship between personal and positional resources, digital skills, and ICT usage. Using data from 2,585 Slovenian respondents in the EU Survey on the Use of ICT in Households and by Individuals (EUROSTAT), we conducted a latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify patterns across the five competence areas defined in the DigComp framework. The analysis produced five distinct digital skill profiles. Results indicate that older individuals are significantly more likely to belong to low-skilled profiles, while income does not exert a strong influence. Conversely, younger and lower-income respondents showed a higher probability of belonging to semi-skilled groups characterized by weak digital design competences and overconfidence in their abilities. These findings provide empirical evidence to guide policymakers in designing targeted interventions to strengthen digital competences across demographic groups. The research also demonstrates an approach that can be replicated across EU member states to support progress toward the Digital Decade’s 2030 objectives.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: digital decade, digital skills, EU, Slovenia, latent profile analysis
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FU - Fakulteta za upravo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 46-68
• Številčenje: Iss. 45
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-176583
• UDK: 32:004.89(497.4)(4-6EU)
• ISSN pri članku: 2559-6489
• DOI: 10.24818/amp/2025.45-03
• COBISS.SI-ID: 259938563

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• Datum objave v RUL: 04.12.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Administraţie şi management public
• Skrajšan naslov: Adm. manag. public
• Založnik: Editura ASE
• ISSN: 2559-6489
• COBISS.SI-ID: 134947843

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: digitalno desetletje, digitalne spretnosti, EU, Slovenija, analiza latentnih profilov

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P2-0426
• Naslov: Digitalna preobrazba za pametno javno upravljanje