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Culture's consequences

Devendra Potnis
- 01 May 2016 - 
- Vol. 33, Iss: 2, pp 356-369
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This qualitative study explores the factors responsible for creating economic barriers for 245 women in India, which prevent them from owning a mobile phone, to broaden the understanding of the gender digital divide in India.
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This article is published in Telematics and Informatics.The article was published on 2016-05-01. It has received 1480 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Digital divide & Mobile phone.

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