Use of Technology in the Context of Latin America

Carlos Ramos-Galarza, Omar Cóndor-Herrera, Mónica Bolaños-Pasquel, Jorge Cruz-Cárdenas

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Abstract

The article reports national statistical data on the usage of information and communication technologies in Ecuador, illustrating a sample of what occurs across Latin American countries. The data was collected in the 28 cities from Ecuador. The respondents were 40, 814 people aged from 0 to 98 years old. Regarding gender, 20,110 (49.3%) participants identified as male and 20,704 (50.7%) as female. Regarding educational level, 1,570 (3.8%) participants did not report any level of education, 115 (0.3%) attended a literacy center, 8,492 (24.9%) primary school, 9,317 (25.8%) basic education, 7,041 (17.9%) secondary school, 5,239 (12.8%) high school, 717 (1.8%) non-university higher education, 4,860 (11.9%) university higher education, 320 (0.8%) postgraduate level. In the results, it was found that a large number of citizens do not have access to technological means in favor of activities such as education or to solve everyday life activities. The results are discussed in the context of Latin America and the need for greater investment in the technological accessibility and development of the region to improve the living conditions of its people.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHCI International 2023 Posters - 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Proceedings, Part I
EditorsConstantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, Gavriel Salvendy
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages674-680
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783031359880
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , HCII 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 23 Jul 202328 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1832 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , HCII 2023
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period23/07/2328/07/23

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • education
  • internet
  • Latin America
  • Smartphone
  • technology

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