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Technology Access and Use, and Their Associations With Social Engagement Among Older Adults: Do Women and Men Differ?

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2017-09, Vol.72 (5), p.836-845 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Technology Access and Use, and Their Associations With Social Engagement Among Older Adults: Do Women and Men Differ?
  • Author: Kim, Jeehoon ; Lee, Hee Yun ; Christensen, M Candace ; Merighi, Joseph R
  • Subjects: Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Aging ; Aging - psychology ; Attitude to Computers ; Communication ; Communication technology ; Computer Literacy ; Female ; Gender differences ; Humans ; Information technology ; Internet ; Male ; Medical technology ; Microcomputers ; Older people ; Older women ; Regression analysis ; Sex Factors ; Social Behavior ; Social Participation
  • Is Part Of: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2017-09, Vol.72 (5), p.836-845
  • Description: To examine how information and communication technology (ICT) access and use are conceptually incorporated in the Successful Aging 2.0 framework. Using data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (N = 6,476), we examined how ICT access and use for different purposes are associated with social engagement (i.e., informal and formal social participation) by gender. Weighted logistic regression analyses were performed. Findings revealed that men were more likely to access and use ICT than women. ICT access was positively associated with all types of women's social engagement, but only with men's informal social participation. Information technology (IT) use for health matters was positively associated with formal social participation for women and with informal social participation for men. IT use for personal tasks was negatively associated with formal social participation for older adults. Communication technology use was positively associated with formal and informal social participation for women and men. This study supports the expansion of the successful aging model by incorporating ICT access and use. Further, it assists in the identification of specific technologies that promote active engagement in later life for women and men.
  • Publisher: United States: Oxford University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1079-5014
    EISSN: 1758-5368
    DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw123
    PMID: 28073816
  • Source: MEDLINE
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