The Digital Use Divide Between Males and Females at Different Levels of Aggregation

Jeffrey James ()
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Jeffrey James: Tilburg University

Chapter Chapter 5 in Gender, Internet Use, and Covid-19 in the Global South, 2022, pp 49-62 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter departs from most studies of the gender use divide in the mobile Internet, in that it deals with the topic at different levels of aggregation, namely the global, the regions of the world, developing countries and intra-country. Broadly, the results accord with what one would expect, namely, that there is a bias against females in the use of the mobile Internet at the different levels (using the most recent data from international institutions that are concerned with the issue). But at lower levels of aggregation, there are cases where relatively poor countries perform much better than expected, or where cases can be found that are intended to, and are in some cases, successful in reducing the gender digital divide in mobile Internet use. Many of these are to be found in India and have already spread to other countries in the Global South. Overall, these examples support the view that a reduction in the gender divide requires much more attention than it has hitherto been granted.

Keywords: Gender digital use divide; Levels of aggregation; Poor countries; Outliers; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15576-5_5

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