Welfare Recipients and the Digital Divide: Left out of the New Economy?

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Larrison, Christopher R ^a   Nackerud, Larry ^b   Risler, Ed ^b   Sullivan, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital divide; Georgia; TANF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345757585     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v19v04_01     Document Type: Article

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