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The Effect of Digital Divide on Life Satisfaction of Disabled People

장애인의 정보 활용 격차가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Hwang, Ju-Hee (Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, KIHASA)
  • Received : 2019.06.21
  • Accepted : 2019.08.19
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the difference in life satisfaction between people with disabilities who utilize the Internet and those who do not. The study also found out through an interaction term analysis if there were differences in their life satisfaction and digital utilization by gender, age, education level, employment status, household income, as well as personal characteristics such as disability type and degree. While the existing studies have been mainly focused on the digital divide between the non-disabled and the disabled, this study attempts to further apply the advanced concept of digital divide - digital utilization divide - within the group of people with disabilities. Based on these research findings, this study shows that the digital utilization by people with disabilities has a statistically significant effect on their quality of life, and that life satisfaction of the people with disabilities who use the Internet is affected by their education level, residence, and disability degree. Consequently, these findings indicate implications that suggest an expanded form of digital divide policies for people with disabilities through broadening perspectives on policies for closing such divide.

본 연구는 인터넷을 활용하는 장애인과 그렇지 않은 장애인의 삶의 만족도에 차이가 있는지를 실증적으로 알아보고, 장애인의 정보 활용 유무와 같은 격차에 있어 성별, 연령과 같은 개인별 특성이 삶의 만족도에 차이를 나타나는지를 교차항(interaction term)분석을 통해서 추가적으로 살펴보고자 하였다. 이는 기존에 주로 연구되었던 장애인과 비장애인의 디지털 격차 및 정보 활용 형태의 차이를 알아보는 것에서 더 나아가 장애인 그룹 내에서의 정보 활용 격차라고 하는 발전된 형태의 디지털격차의 개념을 적용해 보고자 한 것이다. 연구결과, 장애인의 정보 활용 여부는 이들의 삶의 질에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났으며, 인터넷을 사용 활용하는 장애인의 삶의 만족도는 이들의 교육수준, 사는 지역, 장애 정도에 의해 영향을 받는다는 사실을 발견하였다. 이러한 결과들은 현재 진행 중인 장애인 대상 디지털 격차해소 정책에 대한 시각을 넓혀 보다 확장된 형태의 디지털 격차해소 정책의 방향을 제시하는 정책적 함의를 포함하고 있다.

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