A new paper is now available from the Longitudinal Study of Adult  
Learning (www.lsal.pdx.edu)

   The Relationship Between Literacy Proficiency And The Digital  
Divide Among Adults With Low Education Attainmen[1]t
by Clare Strawn

Adults who didn?t finish high school are the demographic group making  
the most gains as the digital divide closes. The Longitudinal Study of  
Adult Learning followed a representative sample of these adults (born  
between 1954 and 1980) in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, with  
repeat tests of literacy proficiency, work, and technology use.
Computer ownership increased 62%, from 45 percent of the study  
population owning a computer in 1998 to 73 percent in 2005. Internet  
connection in home rose 11%: from 47 percent in 2001 to 52 percent in  
2005.
Computer use increased from 61 percent in 1998 to 98 percent in 2005.  
Most of the jump occurred between 1998 and 2001. People of color are  
as likely as whites to be computer users, when ownership is accounted  
for.

Links:
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[1] http://www.lsal.pdx.edu/littech.pdf


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