Carmen Ricardo Barreto|Marco Cervantes|Jorge Valencia|John Cano Barrios|Jorge Mizuno-Haydar
Colombian Elders and Their Use of Handheld Digital Devices
Universidad del Norte|Universidad del Norte|Universidad del Norte|Universidad del Norte|Universidad del Norte
technological advances information knowledge society influenced transformed economic social educational dynamics currently many digital gaps related access technology level digital literacy social use gaps vary based age population become noticeable among elders digital illiteracy leads underusing technological developments 21st century making difficult take advantage possibilities offer society study aims analyze level penetration use handheld digital devices especially cellular phone among adult population study based 2016 national survey life quality colombia elaborated departamento administrativo nacional de estadsticadane specifically module ownership use ict goods results four age groups compared include 32 year olds ages 33 45 years 46 59 years 60 years sample consists 37047 inhabitants colombian territory grouped regions antioquia bogota caribbean eastern central orinoquia amazonia pacific san andres valle del cauca data analyzed descriptive inferential statistical procedures contingency tables analyses logistic regression order identify know effect age level penetration use handheld digital devices comparing results young adults elderly people findings show young adults use technologies greater proportion compared older adults showing significant correlation age increase digital gaps access social use handheld digital devices results also make evident digital divide colombia may associated place residence people live rural zones ones suffer greater inequalities