Ownership, Use, and Non-Use of Personal Computers by Older Adults
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Educational Technology Systems
- Vol. 25 (1) , 5-12
- https://doi.org/10.2190/5y9e-crnb-w87c-q5xa
Abstract
This study focuses on the identification of variables that explain older adults' ownership and/or use of PCs. The data were acquired from telephone interviews with 422 randomly-selected older adults, ages sixty to ninety-seven. The study was conducted during late autumn 1995, throughout the Muncie/Delaware County area, a.k.a. “Middletown, U.S.A.” Regression analysis of ten independent variables ( R = 0.4878; R2 = 0.2380) found that three variables explained the majority of the variance ( R = 0.4748; R2 = 0.2255) in the PC variable. The three variables, that had direct effects on PC ownership/usage are in order of magnitude level of education, age, and sex of respondent. In addition, both education and age are influenced by sex.Keywords
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