Comparing internet and mobile phone usage: digital divides of usage, adoption, and dropouts

According to the results of the nationwide representative telephone survey in 2000, the use of the Internet and mobile phones is very similar, there are multiple digital gaps in the use of the Internet and mobile phones. In this survey, we identified and analyzed similarities and differences between the digital gaps of the Internet and mobile phones (users / non-users, veterans / recently continued / retired) and digital gaps based on demographic variables Did. The gap between Internet users and non - users is related to income and age, but once other variables are controlled they are no longer associated with gender or ethnicity. The gap between mobile users and non-users is related to revenue, job position and spouse's position. Experienced / recent Internet gaps are defined by income, age, education, telephone users, members of local religious groups, children and sex, and in the case of mobile phones, the age, occupational status and the presence or absence of a spouse Is a predictor. Use education and mobile phone revenue on the Internet to predict the gap between ongoing users and dropout users. Finally, the cross category of use / nonuse of the Internet / mobile phone is mainly distinguished by income and education (important but weak). Therefore, there are several digital segments, each score is predicted by different variables, the use of the Internet and mobile phones in 2000 is almost the same, but the users are duplicates, but they constitute exactly the same population It is not.

The term digital divide represents the gap in access and use to information and communication technology. Traditionally, this is a problem regardless of access rights, but when the penetration rate of mobile phones in the world reaches 95%, the bandwidth becomes narrower and the relative non-existence among people with skills Equality will be relatively low. The concept of the digital divide is described as "who, what functions, how they are related."

According to the results of the nationwide representative telephone survey in 2000, the use of the Internet and mobile phones is very similar, there are multiple digital gaps in the use of the Internet and mobile phones. In this survey, we identified and analyzed similarities and differences between the digital gaps of the Internet and mobile phones (users / non-users, veterans / recently continued / retired) and digital gaps based on demographic variables Did. The gap between Internet users and non - users is related to income and age, but once other variables are controlled they are no longer associated with gender or ethnicity. The gap between mobile users and non-users is related to revenue, job position and spouse's position. Experienced / recent Internet gaps, forecasts of children and gender, predictive factors of mobile phones, age, occupational situation and marital status, by members of income, age, education, telephone users, regional religious groups

Ethiopia's telecommunications system is very underdeveloped. Although the use of cellular phones is increasing, the use of landline phones and mobile phones is not widespread. The use of the Internet is restricted. Since the late 1990s, the government has been working on expanding national telecommunications infrastructure and services.