Commission Staff Working Document. eInclusion revisited: The Local Dimension of the Information Society

More and more Europeans, from a wider range of social groups, are using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). But there are still differences in usage, both between Member States and when looking at regions, urban and rural locations, socio-economic and age criteria and, of course, gender. In some cases, the gaps are getting smaller (e.g. in the case of gender) and give rise to hope that over time they may disappear altogether. However for others, particularly for people with low levels of income and education, there are few signs that the gaps are narrowing, exacerbating their exclusion from society.

European Commission: SEC(2005)206: Statistical annex http://ec.europa.eu/comm/employment_social/news/2005/feb/eincllocal_annex_en.pdf

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