Edad para aprender, edad para enseñar: el rol del aprendizaje intergeneracional intrahogar en el uso de la Internet por parte de los adultos mayores en Latinoamérica Roxana Barrantes Cáceres barrantes.r@pucp.edu.pe / roxbarrantes@iep.org.pe Angelo Cozzubo Chaparro ** angelo.cozzubo@pucp.pe / acozzubo@iep.org.pe Abstract Given the accelerated aging of the world population, countries must prepare to assure their older adults’ welfare. The Internet appears as a means to ensure that everybody, regardless of age, has access to information and can keep communicated. Data so far shows the presence of a digital divide, so the question is: Is there a way to accelerate digital inclusion by older adults? Using microdata from Buenos Aires (Argentina), Lima (Peru) and Guatemala City (Guatemala), this paper focus on the role of younger people in the household in the Internet adoption process of older adults. Regression analysis confirms a pivotal role of younger people in the adoption process, but not on intensity of use, in which the spouse’s presence is important in increasing the number of hours the Internet is used. Keywords: Digital divide, elders, Internet, technology adoption, developing countries. Este trabajo se llevé a cabo con la ayuda de fondos asignados al IEP por el Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo y de la Agencia Canadiense de Desarrollo Internacional, Ottawa, Canadá de IDRC; y del Social Science and Hummanities Research Council (SSHRC) de Canadá, a través la Universidad de Concordia en el marco del Proyecto Aging, Communications and Technologies (ACT).
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos y Departamento de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú