Digital Divide in Computer Access and Use Between Poor and Non-Poor Youth.
The main objectives of this study were to examine the “digital divide” in home computer ownership and to evaluate differences in academic and non-academic computer use between poor and non-poor youth. Data from a national sample of 1,029, 10- through 14-year-old young adolescents were analyzed. Resu...
| Published in: | Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 91 - 113 |
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Western Michigan University
June 2004
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