THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR RURAL PEOPLE IN SHARKIA GOVERNORATE | ||||
| Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 13, Issue 2, March and April 2024, Page 285-302 PDF (657.45 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Researches | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/sinjas.2024.314464.1287 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Khaled Anwar Laban  ; Heba allah Anwar Laban
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| Dept. Agric. Economic, Branch of Rural Sociol., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The study aimed to: Identify the level of the dimensions of the digital divide (digital availability, digital capabilities and uses, digital outputs) of the respondents, Determine the digital divide of the respondents according to gender, and test the significance of the differences for the dimensions of the digital divide according to the variables (age, number of years of education, monthly family income, number of courses in The field of technology, the number of hours of Internet use), Determine the relative contribution of the independent variables that are significantly related together in explaining the total variance of the dimensions of the digital divide for the respondents individually. The study was conducted based on the social survey approach in the rural areas of Sharkia Governorate, in the village of Nashwa (Zagazig District), and the village of Nabtit (Mashtoul Al-Souq District), on a sample of 203 respondents. Data was collected by a questionnaire in a personal interview from the beginning of January until the end of April 2024, and the data were analyzed and presented using: frequencies and percentages, analysis of variance “F” test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Step Wise Multiple Regression, and calculating the digital gap. The study reached several results: the existence of a digital gap in the dimensions of availability, capabilities, uses, and outcomes between males and females, and this gap was in favor of males with percentages of 35.79%, 36.45%, and 43.11%, respectively. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Digital availability; Digital capabilities and uses; Digital outputs | ||||
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