Attitudes of elderly Austrians towards new technologies: communication and entertainment versus health and support use.
We use data from SHARE (The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) in Austria to investigate attitudes towards new technologies in information and communication technology. The technologies can significantly facilitate the daily lives of an ageing population. In Austria, in wave 6 in 201...
| Published in: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 513 - 524 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2019
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