Variables of the Digital Divide

1. Gender

5. Educational attainment

2. Income

6. Family status

3. Age

7. Region

4. Race/ethnicity

8. Metropolitan status

 

Questions to answer

1. Is this an individual, household, or group level variable? (It may be measured more than one way.)

2. Which attributes make up the variable?

3. Which attributes are associated with the greatest access to the Internet?

4. Which attributes are associated with the least access to the Internet?

5. What explanation(s) make(s) sense of these patterns?