Preference for internet at home in a disadvantaged neighbourhood.
Although most households are equipped with digital information and communication technologies (DICT), a significant digital divide remains in internet access at home along income and digital native/immigrant status. Previous research has mainly investigated whether this digital inequality is attribu...
| Publicado en: | Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 61; no. 16; pp. 3129 - 3145 |
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Dec2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=181197557&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 181197557 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00420980 54XY jtl: Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) issn: 00420980 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 61 iid: 16 pid: 2171 pub: Sage Publications, Ltd. artinfo: ui: 181197557 10.1177/00420980241256905 ppf: 3129 ppct: 16 formats: tig: atl: Preference for internet at home in a disadvantaged neighbourhood. aug: au: Petermann, Sören affil: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany su: Poor communities Internet access Social status Information & communication technologies Digital communications Digital divide sug: subj: Poor communities Internet access Social status Information & communication technologies Digital communications Digital divide keyword: digital divide disadvantaged neighbourhood housing preferences inequality internet access 不平等 互联网接入 住房偏好 数字鸿沟 贫困街区 digital divide disadvantaged neighbourhood housing preferences inequality internet access 不平等 互联网接入 住房偏好 数字鸿沟 贫困街区 ab: Although most households are equipped with digital information and communication technologies (DICT), a significant digital divide remains in internet access at home along income and digital native/immigrant status. Previous research has mainly investigated whether this digital inequality is attributable to constraints such as technological availability or financial resources. This article examines the extent to which digital inequality of internet access at home is preference-driven by comparing internet preference with other housing preferences and investigating the effect heterogeneity of social status on internet preference. We analyse a dataset comprising 131 residents of a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Bochum, Germany. This neighbourhood provides a suitable setting, as internet access is available throughout the area but varies between individual households. Using a factorial survey with housing vignettes, we assess the importance of internet preference. This research design circumvents many of the difficulties in measuring housing preferences, such as unrealistic wishful thinking, and facilitates the investigation of effect heterogeneity in terms of social status characteristics. The results show that the preference for internet access at home is comparable to that of other housing amenities and does not vary according to age, income or the presence of children. The findings reinforce the importance of the financial constraint-driven causes of the digital divide. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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