Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
La desigualdad digital entre clases sociales durante la pandemia de Covid-19: disparidades en el acceso a terminales digitales y conectividad a internet en los hogares y el proceso de trabajo (Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, 2021). (Spanish) |
| Alternate Title: |
Digital inequality between social classes during the Covid-19 pandemic: disparities in access to digital devices and internet connectivity at home and in the work process (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, 2021). (English) |
| Authors: |
Elbert, Rodolfo, De Villalobos, Santiago |
| Source: |
Revista de Sociología; Jul2025, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p1-24, 25p |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19 pandemic, PYTHON programming language, SOCIAL status, SOCIAL classes, DIGITAL technology |
| Abstract (English): |
This article analyzes digital inequalities according to social class position during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In particular, we analyze two main dimensions of digital inequality: i. that linked to inequalities between households, with a focus on the ownership of digital devices and home internet connectivity; ii. The level of use of digital resources in the work process by respondents from different classes and class segments. For both dimensions of analysis, we first present a descriptive analysis of inequalities between classes in 2021 and complement it with an exploration of people's evaluation of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the use and availability of these digital resources. The response to these objectives results from the statistical analysis of data from the survey "Social structure of Argentina and public policies during the Covid-19 pandemic" (ESAyPP/PISAC-Covid-19) based on an analytical strategy that combined the STATA statistical software with the Python programming language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
El presente artículo analiza las desigualdades digitales según posición de clase social durante la pandemia de Covid-19 en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina. En particular, analizamos dos dimensiones principales de la desigualdad digital: i. aquella vinculada a desigualdades entre hogares, con foco en la posesión de dispositivos digitales y la conectividad a internet del hogar; ii. El nivel de uso de recursos digitales en el proceso de trabajo por parte de encuestados de diferentes clases y segmentos de clase. Para ambas dimensiones de análisis presentamos primero un análisis descriptivo de las desigualdades entre clases en el año 2021 y lo complementamos con una exploración de la evaluación que hacen las personas del impacto de la pandemia de Covid-19 sobre el uso y la disponibilidad de estos recursos digitales. La respuesta a estos objetivos resulta del análisis estadístico de datos provenientes de la encuesta "Estructura social de Argentina y políticas públicas durante la pandemia por Covid-19" (ESAyPP/PISAC-Covid-19) a partir de una estrategia de análisis que combinó el software estadístico STATA con el lenguaje de programación Python. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Biomedical Index |