Gender and the Digital Divide Across Urban Slums of New Delhi, India: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Disparities in access to specific technologies within gender groups have not been investigated. Slum settings provide an ideal population to investigate the contributing factors to these disparities. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine gender differences in mobile phone ownership, internet access, and knowledge of SMS text messaging among males and females living in urban slum settings. METHODS:A convenience sampling approach was used in sample selection from 675 unnotified slums. A total of 38 slum sites were then selected across four geographic zones. Of these, 10% of the households in each slum site was selected from each zone. One household member was interviewed based on their availability and fulfillment of the eligibility criteria. Eligible individuals included those ag

SUBMITTER: Joshi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338923 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature