Publications

@article{Ünver2014,

title = {Explaining education level and internet penetration by economic reasoning-worldwide analysis from 2000 through 2010},

author = {H. Ünver},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Explaining-Education-Level-and-Internet-Penetration.pdf},

doi = {10.20533/iji.1742.4712.2014.0107},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-06-01},

journal = {International Journal for Infonomics (IJI)},

volume = {7},

pages = {898-912},

abstract = {A main intention is to investigate the digital  inequality regarding education level and Internet access between different countries with empirical methods and (multivariate) regression analysis using linear and non-linear functions. The UN education index and adult literacy rate are used to measure the education level. Internet penetration rate gives the number of Internet users per 100 inhabitants. There is an empirical positive relation between education level and Internet penetration in a country. The degree of relation between education index and Internet penetration rate is higher than the degree of relation between adult literacy rate and Internet penetration rate. We not only demonstrate these trends but are also able to explain them to a great extent by identifying the relation of the different parameters studied with the income situation in countries. The results show, that GDP per capita drives primarily the Internet penetration rate and even gains in importance between 2000 and 2010, if the education level is expressed via the education index. But the role of GDP per capita remains at the same level over time, if education is measured via adult literacy rate. This study concludes, that the digital divide is declining over the decade between 2000 and 2010, since more people worldwide use the Internet, but a high digital inequality explained to a significant extent by the relation between Internet penetration, education level and average income still exists. This study argues that policymakers need to promote comprehensive literacy education. },

keywords = {Education Level, English, Internet Penetration},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}