Not Over the Hill: タイの脆弱な高齢者のデジタル格差を調査する
Katikar Tipayalai1, Nattasit Chittavimongkhon1, Panjapon Sattayanurak2
1Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Journal of aging & social policy
|February 18, 2026
まとめ
タイの脆弱な高齢者は,重要なデジタル格差に直面し,不可欠なスキルやテクノロジーへのアクセスを欠いています. このギャップを埋めるために,そして公正なデジタル・インクルージョンを確保するために,標的を絞った介入は極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- 社会科学 社会科学とは
- デジタル・インクルージョン研究 デジタル・インクルージョン研究
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
背景:
- デジタルトランスフォーメーションは,不均等な分配による社会的不平等を悪化させる.
- 脆弱な高齢者は,特にデジタル・ディバイドに敏感です.
- 政府の福祉サービスへのアクセスは,ますますデジタルプラットフォームに依存しています.
研究 の 目的:
- タイの脆弱な高齢者のデジタル格差を調査する.
- 実践的,認知的,信頼に基づいたスキルを網羅したデジタル能力の評価.
- この集団におけるデジタル能力の障壁と予測要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 5つの領域におけるデジタル能力の評価:情報識字,コミュニケーション,オンライン安全性,問題解決,自信.
- 重要な予測要因を特定するために,ロジスティック回帰分析を使用しました.
- 重要な障壁として,デバイス所有権とインターネットアクセスを評価した.
主要な成果:
- 脆弱な高齢者の間で,デジタルリテラシーにおける重大なギャップが特定されました.
- 限られたデバイス所有権とインターネットアクセスが重要な障壁です.
- 収入,教育,個人のテクノロジーへのアクセスは,デジタル能力を大幅に予測します.
結論:
- デジタルスキルの訓練や手頃な価格のテクノロジーへのアクセスを含む,ターゲット化された介入が緊急に必要である.
- デジタル・ディバイドを克服することは,高齢者の社会的・デジタル・インクルージョンを促進するために不可欠です.
- デジタル社会における公平な参加には,格差を軽減する政策が必要です.
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