Determinants of internet use by school-age children

The challenges for Mexico during the Covid-19 pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21519158
AutoresMarlen Martínez Domínguez (0000-0001-9840-0149, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social), Isael Fierros-González (0000-0002-6458-2033, Tecnológico de Monterrey, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen46
Número1
Páginas102241
Fecha de publicación2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTelecommunications Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-5961 • E-ISSN: 1879-3258
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102241
PMID35068658
OpenAlexW3196098228
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas59

The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the deep digital divide in Mexico and the enormous challenge faced by its education system in continuing to educate the country's students while under confinement. The objective of this article was to examine the determinants of internet access, use and productive uses for school-age children in households of different socioeconomic levels. The Heckman selection model was estimated based on data taken from the Encuesta Nacional sobre Disponibilidad y Uso de Tecnologías de la Información en los Hogares (ENDUTIH or National Survey on the Availability and Use of Information Technologies in the Household) 2018. The results obtained show that the probability of having children internet accessing and usage patterns (homework, courses, and blogs) depends on level of schooling, economic status, digital skills, and place of residence, as well as the presence of electronic devices and infomediaries in the household. These findings suggest the urgent need to redesign current ICT policy with a long-term integrated vision that guarantees access to ICTs and their productive use for students immersed in an ecosystem of educational innovation for the XXI century

Business · Demographic economics · Digital divide · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · ICTS · Information and Communications Technology · Internet access · Pandemic · Political science · Residence · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · The Internet · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Demography · ICT Impact and Policies · Medicine · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour