Digitally Deprived Children in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID12959340
AuthorsSara Ayllón (0000-0002-3338-1183, Universitat de Girona), Halla B Holmarsdottir (0000-0002-1271-1622), Samuel Lado (0000-0002-7290-7598, Universitat de Girona, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue3
Pages1315-1339
Publication date2023-01-04
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Indicators Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1874-8988 • E-ISSN: 1874-897X
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s12187-022-10006-w
PMID36618273
OpenAlexW4313595033
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited44

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the need for internet connectivity and technological devices across the population, but especially among school-aged children. For a large proportion of pupils, access to a connected computer nowadays makes the difference between being able to keep up with their educational development and falling badly behind. This paper provides a detailed account of the digitally deprived children in Europe, according to the latest available wave of the European Union - Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that 5.4% of school-aged children in Europe are digitally deprived and that differences are large across countries. Children that cohabit with low-educated parents, in poverty or in severe material deprivation are those most affected

Business · Child labour · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Early childhood education · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Falling (accident · Geography · International trade · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Poverty · Sociology · The Internet · Work (physics · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Demography · Digital literacy in education · Engineering · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology

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