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Jeehoon Kim1, Hee Yun Lee2, M Candace Christensen3
1Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology, Idaho State University, Pocatello.
Objectives:
To examine how information and communication technology (ICT) access and use are conceptually incorporated in the Successful Aging 2.0 framework.
Method:
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.
Results:
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.
Discussion:
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.
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