E-inclusion: Beyond individual socio-demographic characteristics
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Resumo: | The changing demographic structure of the population, resulting in unparalleled growth of the elderly population, means that e-inclusion of this population group is considered to be a social and political priority in the context of the Information Society. Most research studies have only considered individual variables -such as age, gender, education, income and health- in the explanatory models of e-inclusion of senior citizens, while ignoring macro variables, such as the welfare systems and public policies in each country. Simultaneously, most studies focus on small-scale samples, lack international comparisons and do not consider the combined effect of several variables that influence Internet use. This study aims to analyse possible differences between two countries that have different welfare systems and public policies, after controlling for the effects of the individual variables that have been identified in the literature as relevant for Internet use. The study focuses on a sample of 8639 individuals, aged 50 years and over, residing in Portugal and Estonia, who participated in the SHARE project (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). The results of the logistic regression analysis demonstrate that welfare systems and public policies have an impact on the likelihood of Internet use, thus reinforcing the importance of developing public policies to foster e-inclusion of senior citizens. |
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E-inclusion: Beyond individual socio-demographic characteristicsCiências Sociais::SociologiaScience & TechnologyThe changing demographic structure of the population, resulting in unparalleled growth of the elderly population, means that e-inclusion of this population group is considered to be a social and political priority in the context of the Information Society. Most research studies have only considered individual variables -such as age, gender, education, income and health- in the explanatory models of e-inclusion of senior citizens, while ignoring macro variables, such as the welfare systems and public policies in each country. Simultaneously, most studies focus on small-scale samples, lack international comparisons and do not consider the combined effect of several variables that influence Internet use. This study aims to analyse possible differences between two countries that have different welfare systems and public policies, after controlling for the effects of the individual variables that have been identified in the literature as relevant for Internet use. The study focuses on a sample of 8639 individuals, aged 50 years and over, residing in Portugal and Estonia, who participated in the SHARE project (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). The results of the logistic regression analysis demonstrate that welfare systems and public policies have an impact on the likelihood of Internet use, thus reinforcing the importance of developing public policies to foster e-inclusion of senior citizens.This paper uses data from SHARE Wave 4 (DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w4.500), see Borsch-Supan et al. (2013) for methodological details.* The SHARE data collection has been primarily funded by the European Commission through FP5 (QLK6-CT-2001-00360), FP6 (SHARE-I3: RII-CT-2006-062193, COMPARE: CIT5-CT-2005-028857, SHARELIFE: CIT4-CT-2006-028812) and FP7 (SHARE-PREP: No211909, SHARE-LEAP: No227822, SHARE M4: No261982). Additional funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research, the U.S. National Institute on Aging (U01_AG09740-13S2, P01_AG005842, P01_AG08291, P30_AG12815, R21_AG025169, Y1-AG-4553-01, IAG_BSR06-11, OGHA_04-064) and from various national funding sources is gratefully acknowledged (see www.share-project.org)." For development of this paper we have received support from: The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) as a PhD individual scholarship of QREN - POPH - Typology 4.1 - Advanced Training, subsidised by the European Social Fund and by national funds from the MEC (Ministry of Education and Science).VS/2009/0562Public Library of Science (PLOS)Universidade do MinhoSilva, Patrícia Maria TeixeiraDelerue Matos, AliceMartinez-Pecino, Roberto2017-092017-09-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/62814engSilva, P., Matos, A. D. & Martinez-Pecino, R. (2017). E-inclusion: Beyond individual socio- demographic characteristics. PLoS ONE, 12(9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.01845451932-62031932-620310.1371/journal.pone.018454528910358https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184545info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T11:56:38Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/62814Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:46:15.152909Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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E-inclusion: Beyond individual socio-demographic characteristics Silva, Patrícia Maria Teixeira Ciências Sociais::Sociologia Science & Technology |
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E-inclusion: Beyond individual socio-demographic characteristics |
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Silva, Patrícia Maria Teixeira |
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Silva, Patrícia Maria Teixeira Delerue Matos, Alice Martinez-Pecino, Roberto |
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Delerue Matos, Alice Martinez-Pecino, Roberto |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Silva, Patrícia Maria Teixeira Delerue Matos, Alice Martinez-Pecino, Roberto |
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Ciências Sociais::Sociologia Science & Technology |
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The changing demographic structure of the population, resulting in unparalleled growth of the elderly population, means that e-inclusion of this population group is considered to be a social and political priority in the context of the Information Society. Most research studies have only considered individual variables -such as age, gender, education, income and health- in the explanatory models of e-inclusion of senior citizens, while ignoring macro variables, such as the welfare systems and public policies in each country. Simultaneously, most studies focus on small-scale samples, lack international comparisons and do not consider the combined effect of several variables that influence Internet use. This study aims to analyse possible differences between two countries that have different welfare systems and public policies, after controlling for the effects of the individual variables that have been identified in the literature as relevant for Internet use. The study focuses on a sample of 8639 individuals, aged 50 years and over, residing in Portugal and Estonia, who participated in the SHARE project (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). The results of the logistic regression analysis demonstrate that welfare systems and public policies have an impact on the likelihood of Internet use, thus reinforcing the importance of developing public policies to foster e-inclusion of senior citizens. |
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Silva, P., Matos, A. D. & Martinez-Pecino, R. (2017). E-inclusion: Beyond individual socio- demographic characteristics. PLoS ONE, 12(9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0184545 1932-6203 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0184545 28910358 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184545 |
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