Fact sheet

Fact Sheet

“The Digital Divide” by Andy Carvin

• Only 6.6 percent of people with an elementary school education or less use the Internet.

• In rural areas, those with college degrees are 11 times more likely to have a home computer and 26 times more likely to have home Internet access than those with an elementary school education.

• People with college degrees or higher are 10 times more likely to have Internet access at work as persons with only some high school education.

• Over 50 percent of classrooms now have Internet access.

·         The Internet may feel like a diverse place, but when compared with the wealth of diversity and knowledge amongst humanity in the real world, it’s still pretty weak  

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