## Appendix B  
**Table A4. ** Direct and indirect effects for models \(\alpha\) and 1-5. \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Model \(\alpha\)} \\ \hline  & Original Sample & Sample Mean & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Standard} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{T Statistics} & \(p\) Values \\ \hline Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) & 0.532 & 0.537 & 0.043 & 12.332 & 0.000 \\ Economic performance & 0.624 & 0.62 & 0.069 & 8.983 & 0.000 \\ Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) Sustainable & \(-\)0.192 & \(-\)0.188 & 0.067 & 2.857 & 0.004 \\ Development Goals Index & & & & & \\ Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) & & & & & \\ Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) Sustainable & \(-\)0.102 & \(-\)0.1 & 0.036 & 2.839 & 0.005 \\ Development Goals Index & & & & & \\ \hline Structural equation : \(SDG_{i}=\beta_{2}\times DESI+\beta_{3}(\beta_{1}\times DESI)+\epsilon\); \(\beta_{1}=0.532,\beta_{2}=0.624,\beta_{3}=-0.192,\epsilon-error\) of the model & & & & \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Model 1} \\ \hline  & Original Sample & Sample Mean & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Standard} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{T Statistics} & \(p\) Values \\ \hline Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) & 0.533 & 0.539 & 0.044 & 12.245 & 0.000 \\ Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) Social & 0.262 & 0.262 & 0.092 & 2.849 & 0.005 \\ Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 1: No Poverty & 0.011 & 0.008 & 0.064 & 0.179 & 0.858 \\ Depital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) & & & & & \\ Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 1: No & 0.006 & 0.004 & 0.035 & 0.173 & 0.863 \\ Powerty & & & & & & \\ \hline Structural equation : \(SDG1=\beta_{2}\times DESI+\beta_{3}(\beta_{1}\times DESI)+\epsilon\); \(\beta_{1}=0.533,\beta_{2}=0.262,\beta_{3}=0.011,\epsilon-error\) of the model & & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}   
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Model 14} \\ \hline  & Digital Economy and Society Index & Economic performance & GOAL 14: Life & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Digital} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Economic} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{GOAL 15: Life} \\ \hline  & & & & & & \\ Economy and Society Index & & & & & & \\ Social & & & & & & \\ Social & & & & &  
**Table A4. **_Cont._  
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Model 2} \\ \hline  & Original Sample & Sample Mean & \begin{tabular}{c} Standard \\ Deviation \\ \end{tabular}  & T Statistics & \(p\) Values \\ \hline Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) & \(0.529\) & \(0.536\) & \(0.042\) & \(12.504\) & \(0.000\) \\  & Economic performance & \(-0.145\) & \(-0.154\) & \(0.087\) & \(1.662\) & \(0.097\) \\  & Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 2: Zero & \(-0.084\) & \(-0.073\) & \(0.107\) & \(0.789\) & \(0.430\) \\  & Hunger & \(-0.054\) & \(-0.037\) & \(0.058\) & \(2.768\) & \(0.043\) \\  & & & & & \\ \hline Structural equation : SDG2 \(=\beta_{2}\times DESI+\beta_{3}(\beta_{1}\times DESI)+\varepsilon\); \(\beta_{1}=0.529,\beta_{2}=-0.145,\beta_{3}=-0.084,\varepsilon-error\) of the model \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Model 3} \\ \hline  & Original Sample & Sample Mean & \begin{tabular}{c} Standard \\ Deviation \\ \end{tabular}  & T Statistics & \(p\) Values \\ \hline Digital Economy and Society Index \(\rightarrow\) & \(0.527\) & \(0.533\) & \(0.044\) & \(11.986\) & \(0.000\) \\  & Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being & \(0.553\) & \(0.55\) & \(0.043\) & \(12.857\) & \(0.000\) \\  & Economic performance \(\rightarrow\) GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being & \(0.338\) & \(0.34\) & \(0.037\) & \(9.184\) & \(0.000\) \\  & Health and Well-being & \(0.566\) & \(0.027\) & \(0.033\) & \(0.044\) & \(0.986\) & \(0.000\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Model 4} \\ \hline  & Original Sample & Sample Mean & \begin{tabular}{c} Standard \\ Deviation \\ \end{tabular}