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Ethnic Digital Exclusion in Brazil: National and Regional Data from 2001 to 2004.
- Source :
- Information Technologies & International Development; Spring2010, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p34-47, 14p, 9 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This article presents an analysis of computer ownership and Internet access in Brazil from 2001 to 2004. Using a linear regression model to relate income and the probability of computer ownership and home Internet access, we show that African descents are 7% less likely to own a computer and 5% less likely to have home Internet access than are families of other ethnicities with the same total family income per capita. Likewise, if an African-descent family already owns a computer, there is still a 7% less probability of that family having Internet access from home. These gaps are reduced, but do not disappear when one adds education level or the presence of a child at home in the analysis. Regional differences for the 2004 data show that whether African descents make up the majority of the population is not statistically significant as a factor to explain the gap differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INTERNET users
INTERNET industry
COMPUTER users
REGRESSION analysis
AFRICANS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15447529
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Information Technologies & International Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 51675381