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Digital divide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Digital Divide refers to any inequalities between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The divide inside countries (such as the digital divide in the United States ) can refer to inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic and other demographic levels, while [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the Global digital divide designates countries as the units of analysis and examines the divide between developing and developed countries on an international scale. [ 2 ] Theoretical explanations for the digital divide, or who connects with which attributes: demographic characteristics of connected individuals and their cohorts. Purpose of connectivity, or why individuals and their cohorts are connecting: reasons individuals are online and uses of the Internet and ICTs. Lack of connectivity, or why individuals and their cohorts are not connecting.
New table presentation from ITU added to UNdata. It shows access to and use of ICT by households and individuals: http://t.co/Lf5iPcPR 34 days ago Visit UNdata for updated World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators from ITU: http://t.co/qq0HrQoy .
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Comparing India to The United States.
The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In The United States is 45.00 while in India it is 36.80. This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25.