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Digital divide among elderly workers – a comparative study between public and private sectors in Melaka
Hafisah Yaakob1, Wan Hartini Wan Hassan2, Siti Rohana Daud3.
Generally, this study explains the digital divide among older workers of
age 50 to 58 years in public and private sectors in the state of Melaka.
The main purpose of the study is to reveal and distinguish the factors that
contribute to digital divide among older workers of age 50 to 58 years
in public and private sectors. According to the Ministry of Energy, Water
and Communications digital divide is a reference that is given to the
circumstances in which part of the community is not likely to ease of use
of information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure caused by
factors such as accessibility, capability, ability to use computer and lack
of local content. The study focuses on factors that cause digital divide
namely demographic factors (socio-economic backgrounds, education
level, and geographical location of residential area), accessibility of ICT
infrastructure, computer skills, and perception towards ICT. The study is
conducted to achieve three objectives: namely to examine the ability to
use computer and digital divide among elderly between public and private
sectors, to investigate distinction level of digital divide arising among
elderly workers in public and private sectors and lastly to identify factors
that cause digital divide among the elderly. Population of elderly workers of
age 50 to 58 years are stratified into public and private sectors. From each
of the sectors, samples with the stated quota, that is, those workers of age
between 50 and 58 years old are selected. From the results of the analysis
obtained, there is a distinction that indicates emergence of digital divide
among elderly between public and private sectors. As such, government
should take more effective initiatives to address the digital divide issue
among the elderly. Through these initiatives the digital gap among the
elderly in public and private sectors can be bridged in helping the elderly
to be more independent and competitive to face the challenging old days.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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