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that the rate of Internet use in the United States is currently two million new 
Internet users per month.  In addition, more than half of the nation is now online 
and Internet use is increasing for people regardless of income, education, age, 
race, ethnicity, or gender.


Newburger, Eric C. (1997, October).  Computer Use in the United States:  Population
Characteristics.  U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics
Administration, Bureau of Census.

Using the Current Population Survey, this 1997 survey found that 37.4 million 
American households, or 36.6 percent, had computers.  Computer presence was 
most likely (75.9 percent) with yearly family incomes of $75,000 or more.  Also, 
households with school age children were far more likely than those without to 
have a computer.  Other findings were that far more children used a computer at 
school than at home and school was the most common place for children to 
access the Internet.


Novak, Thomas P. and Donna L. Hoffman (1998, February).  Bridging the Digital
Divide:The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use.  Project 2000, 
Vanderbilt University. Retrieved October 25, 2001 from the World Wide Web: 
http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu/papers/race/science.html.

According to this working paper, while whites are more likely to currently have 
PC access, African-Americans are more likely to state they would like to acquire 
access.  Using data from the Spring 1997 CommerceNet/Nielson Internet 
Demographic Study (IDS), the analysis included several findings.  Income 
explains home computer ownership, while education explains access to a work 
computer.  On the other hand, education does not explain race differences in 
home computer ownership and income does not explain race differences in 
access to a work computer.




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Oder, Norman, and Michael Rogers (1999, August).  Feds Focus on Digital Divide 
Between Whites and Minorities, Library Journal, 124(13).


This paper focuses on the report published by the U.S. Department of
Commerces National Telecommunications and Information Administration


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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