Internet use by people in the second half of life during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Social inequalities persist

Abstract

Access to and use of the internet offers additional opportunities (especially during the pandemic) to cope with the challenges of everyday life. This chapter aims to clarify whether the proportion of people in the second half of life with access to the internet has increased since 2017, and whether internet use has also increased since the beginning of the pandemic. It investigates whether social inequalities continue to structure access and use of the internet.