criteria that affects a person's access to IT

Gender - males usually prefer using technology compared to females.
Geogrpahic location - more rural areas have worse connectivity compared with more busy, economised areas.
Disability - some disabilities do not allow you to use technology, we take this for granted
age - children somtimes to young to understand anything about the internet. young children and older adults are much less likely to have internet connections.

why does the digital divide exist?

because of the economic divide. people with higher income are able to afford the technology whereas people who are on lower incomes are not able to. as the cannot afford the technology the are left behind in terms of digital supremacy with wealthier nations pulling away from the rest.

boring stuff

Group	Members
A	Top management and professionals
B	Middle management
C1	Clerical workers
C2	Skilled manual workers
D	Semi-skilled workers
E	Manual workers

The national statistics socio-economic classification analytic classes
1	Higher managerial and professional occupations
1.1	Large employers and higher managerial occupations
1.2	Higher professional occupations
2	Lower managerial and professional occupation
3	Intermediate occupations
4	Small employers and own account workers
5	Lower supervisory and technical occupations
6	Semi-routine occupations
7	Routine occupations
8	Never worked and long-term unemployed

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Data Response

1)  the countries resources were directed at helping the people live, providing food and trying to provide the right living conditions. the money gets used in these areas instead of computer based things, e.g. the purchasing of IT equipment and teaching of skills.

2) the most pressing need is that of internet to allow easier communication to other countries so they can discuss trade etc. it would help expand their infrastructure and help open up more IT based jobs around the country.

3) the projects ahve not been the most successful in the world. this is becuase the technology that was being introduced was vastly out dated so the gap between africa and toehr countries is still as wide as before.

4)  they have failed as the projects are not their main interest at the moment. this is because nliving conditions and trying to provide food are bigger concerns for the country.

5) basic word processing, software skills, internet usage and communication.

6) Communication, data base skills and spreadsheet skills.

How great is the divide and is this changing.

page 43 and 44, make notes.

last para on 45, find current fugures

research to answer points at top of page 46