Race, income, and home PC ownership: A regional analysis of the digital divide

Race and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-177

  Chakraborty, Jayajit ^a   Bosman, M Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer ownership; Digital divide; Race; Region

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942679118     PISSN: 10909524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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