Going online without easy access: A tale of three cities

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-488

  Mossberger, Karen ^a   Kaplan, David ^b   Gilbert, Michele A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INTERNET; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549094095     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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