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Seniors online: attitudes toward the internet and coping with everyday life

Seifert, Alexander; Schelling, Hans Rudolf (2018). Seniors online: attitudes toward the internet and coping with everyday life. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 37(1):99-109.

Abstract

Many older people do not use the Internet. We investigated the attitudes of older people who do (onliners) or do not (offliners) use the Internet, to assess their views of the Internet and whether they see the Internet as a resource for coping with everyday life situations. Participants aged ≥65 years ( N = 1,037), living in Switzerland, were interviewed in a telephone survey. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were conducted. The data show (a) many of the respondents viewed the Internet as useful, in general, and for coping with everyday life situations; (b) onliners saw more positive aspects of the Internet than did offliners; and.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Center for Gerontology
08 Research Priority Programs > Dynamics of Healthy Aging
Dewey Decimal Classification:300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Gerontology
Health Sciences > Geriatrics and Gerontology
Language:English
Date:2018
Deposited On:06 Dec 2017 17:28
Last Modified:17 Oct 2024 01:40
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:0733-4648
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464816669805

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