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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Factors Affecting Home Internet Use in Central Queensland |
| W J. Taylor, G. X Zhu, J. Dekkers and S. Marshall |
| Central Queensland University, Australia |
| Central Queensland University, Australia |
| Central Queensland University, Australia |
| Central Queensland University, Australia |
| This paper reports on a social survey that was conducted in 2001 in Central Queensland, Australia, in order to |
| identify the disadvantaged groups in relation to accessing the Internet from home. The research found that people |
| in younger age groups, with higher education levels, being married , having children at home, owning a house/flat, |
| with the higher income level, or being employed, had higher levels of Internet access from home respectively, |
| compared to their counterparts. Regression analysis found that variation of any factors of education levels, marital |
| status, children at home, income level and employ-ment status may affect the decision to access the Internet from |
| home. It also found that unemployment and low education levels were two major factors detrimentally affecting |
| home Internet access and that seniors (>55 years of age) were disadvantaged because of lack of awareness and |
| capability to use the Internet. |
| Keywords: Community Informatics Systems, Internet access from home, consumer ICT behaviours, demographic |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
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