Socio-economic inequalities in the breadth of internet use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults in England.

ABSTRACT: Understanding digital exclusion in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic could help tailor responses to future outbreaks. This cohort study used data from older adults aged 60+ years in England who participated in wave nine (2018/2019) of the main English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) survey, and/or wave one of the ELSA COVID-19 sub-study (June/July 2020). Using latent class analysis and latent transition analysis, we aimed to identify distinct subgroups of older adults characterised by different patterns of internet use pre- and intra-pandemic, explore the extent to which individuals remained in the same subgroup or transitioned to a different subgroup during the COVID-19 pandemic, and examine longitudinal associations of socio-economic factors (education, occupational class, an

SUBMITTER: Malkowski OS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11081243 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature