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Digital inequality among older adults: explaining differences in the breadth of Internet use

Joerg Leukela Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Barbara Schehla Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5436-1475View further author information
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Vijayan Sugumaranb Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2557-3182View further author information
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Pages 139-154 | Received 12 Oct 2020, Accepted 01 Jun 2021, Published online: 21 Jun 2021

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