The digital divide in numbers
November 24, 2006 — Daniel LivingstoneBBC news has a piece saying that the digital divide could be deepening in the UK. It includes a small table of statistics from the UK government Office for National Statistics which shows that 15% of 16-24 year olds lack internet access.
While it is mainly older age groups who lack access, these figures reinforce the feeling that many of todays ‘digital natives’ are not native at all - at least not on the internet.
November 24, 2006 at 11:21 am
Just seen: you can get the latest figures on UK internet access from here: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=5672