Poverty

Poverty

How does Poverty affect the Digital Divide?

Poverty is a large factor for the reason of Digital Divide. Obviously, Lesser Economically Developed Countries (LEDC) are going to suffer greatest with their lack of technology for multiple reasons. Residents living in countries that have high poverty levels are more than likely going to spend their wages on their family and bringing food to the table- the average wage is so low that they cannot afford to sustain a family and own technological goods. This makes it near to impossible for those families to purchase luxury goods like phones or computers. This also means very basic technological goods have probably not been used that we usually see as a basic need for living e.g. ovens, microwaves, internet and cars. The country which we most relate to being and LEDC is Africa, where there is cases of famine and disease which all lead to death. This makes it clear that technology is something that nearly every person needs to survive.

We can see clearly from this map alone that there so few computers in LEDC's such as South Africa and parts of South America. Whereas in the richer parts of the world such as Europe and America we can see that near enough every household (49.74 - 89 per 100) has a computer which they have easy access too. Aswell as this they probably will have access to the internet which I expect the majority of  people cannot live without.