A new benchmark for Internet use: A logistic modeling of factors influencing Internet use in Canada, 2005

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-476

  Noce, Anthony A ^a   McKeown, Larry ^b  

^a Information Highway Applications Branch ^*  (Canada)

^b Science Technology and Industry Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broadband; Canadian Internet Use Survey; Digital divide; Information and communication technologies; Information economy; Internet; Logistic modelling; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949143845     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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