Despite the development of the information society and the\nwidespread diffusion of information technology, the disparities\nbetween groups of countries in terms of accessing and using\ninformation and communication technologies (ICTs) are still\nvaluable. This disparity is defined as the term of digital divide.\nAlthough there are several different views about measuring the\ndigital divide, in this study, International Telecommunication\nUnion�s (ITU) ICT key indicators are used to measure the global\ndigital divide. The cross-sectional data are collected for 145\ncountries in the world, for year 2011. One-way ANOVA and\nregression analysis are applied as statistical methods to analyze\nglobal digital divide. According to the results, variables related to\ndevelopment levels, income levels, Organization for Economic Co-\noperation and Development (OECD) membership and continental\ndifferences are highly associated with the digital divide.
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