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Title: Clear Thinking on the Digital Divide

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Publication Year: 2001

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Abstract: As consumer products are introduced, adoption rates tend to vary across socioeconomic groups. In the case of computers and Internet access, these gaps have been termed by many the "digital divide." People with higher incomes and more education have substantially greater rates of access to technology. Likewise, whites and city-dwellers are more likely to have computers and Internet access than non-whites and those who live outside metropolitan areas. As with many other products and services, technology is not equally distributed...

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Authors: Leigh, Andrew; Atkinson, Robert D.

Publisher: Progressive Policy Institute

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection

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