The Digital Divide: Background Information

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The Digital Divide Background Information

• Rochelle, Carl, Kerri, and Stacey

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Definition

• A significant difference in the access to and
  equity of technology experience based on
  categories such as income, race, gender,
  location, or education.

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More than 80 of people in the world have never
ever heard a dial tone, let alone surfed the
web.-Family Care Foundation
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How do you think income is related to the digital
divide?
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Income-Related

• 86.3 of households earning 75,000 per year
  have internet access, vs. 12.7 of households
  earning less than 15,000.

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What are the implications?
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How do you think ethnicity is related to the
digital divide?
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Ethnicity-Related

• Internet access levels in Households
• - White 46.1
• - Asian American/Pacific Islander 56.8
• - Black 23.5
• - Hispanic 23.6

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What are the implications?
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How do you think education is related to the
digital divide?
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Education-Related
- 65 of college grads have home internet access,
vs. 11.7 of households headed by people with
less than a high school education. - Of those who
use the internet outside of the home, 18.9 use
it in k-12 schools, and 8.3 in other school
settings.
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What are the implications?