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Linking Social Deprivation and Digital Exclusion in England

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  • Paul A. Longley

    (Department of Geography, and Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK, plongley@geog.ucl.ac.uk)

  • Alexander D. Singleton

    (Department of Geography, and Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK, a.singleton@ucl.ac.uk)

Abstract

This paper develops a cross-classification of material deprivation and lack of digital engagement, at a far more spatially disaggregated level than has previously been attempted in the UK. This is achieved by matching the 2004 Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) with a unique nation-wide geodemographic classification of ICT usage, aggregated to unit postcodes. The results of the cross-classification suggest that lack of digital engagement and material deprivation are linked, with high levels of material deprivation generally associated with low levels of engagement with ICTs and vice versa. However, some neighbourhoods are `digitally unengaged' but not materially deprived and the paper investigates the extent to which this outcome may be linked to factors such as lack of confidence, skills or motivation. As with material deprivation, there are distinctive regional and local geographies of digital unengagement and these have important implications for digital policy implementation.

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  • Paul A. Longley & Alexander D. Singleton, 2009. "Linking Social Deprivation and Digital Exclusion in England," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 46(7), pages 1275-1298, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:46:y:2009:i:7:p:1275-1298
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098009104566
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    2. David Devins & Alison Darlow & Vikki Smith, 2002. "Lifelong Learning and Digital Exclusion: Lessons from the Evaluation of an ICT Learning Centre and an Emerging Research Agenda," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(8), pages 941-945.
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    1. Sabrina Bunyan & Alan Collins, 2013. "Digital Exclusion Despite Digital Accessibility: Empirical Evidence from an English City," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 104(5), pages 588-603, December.
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    3. Eyal Apatov & Nathan Chappell & Arthur Grimes, 2018. "Is internet on the right track? The digital divide, path dependence, and the rollout of New Zealand’s ultra-fast broadband," Working Papers 18_04, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.

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