Type of Resource:
Journal

Year of Publication:
2016

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Challenges
- Trends


Themes:
- Digital Literacy And Skills
- Internet Or Digital Rights and Freedoms

Author(s): Nicholas O. Alozie & Patience Akpan‐Obong

This research investigates gender disparities in access and use of ICTs in sub‐Saharan Africa and finds that men are more likely to own and use the technologies. Education, socioeconomic status, domesticity and traditionalism are all linked to ICT use. However, the gender gap does not arise as a result of differential returns to these factors for men and women. Rather, it materializes when fewer women have the resources, or are more disadvantaged in accessing and using ICTs. Implications are discussed.

URL
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dpr.12204

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
High