The role of income inequality in a multivariate cross-national analysis of the digital divide

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-58

  Fuchs, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Global data; International comparative assessment; Mathematical modeling; Multivariate regression analysis; Social inequality; Social policy; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149142669     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439308321628     Document Type: Article

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