Resumen

ROMERO GARCIA, José Antonio; JIMENEZ GARCIA, Martha; TAVERA CORTES, María Elena  y  ARMENTEROS PIEDRA, Naisel Rafael. Importance of internet access on income and education in rural and urban areas of Mexico. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.27, e551.  Epub 19-Mar-2024. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v14i27.1659.

Information and communication technologies have taken on a greater boom and relevance in recent years and contribute to a better development of society, which fosters skills for life and work. In Mexico, Internet access is not homogeneous throughout the country, because despite the fact that it is a high-priority service with many advantages, access is not available in all areas; which implies a digital divide in rural and urban areas. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the importance of Internet access and its relationship with income and education in rural and urban communities, through the development of a descriptive analysis by unsupervised analysis through a K-means cluster association. Internet access and the level of income and schooling in rural and urban areas of Mexico. The results indicated that access to the Internet in urban areas has generated a higher economic income associated with a higher educational level, while in both rural and urban areas where the Internet is not used, there was a lower economic income. It is concluded that there is a digital gap between urban and rural areas and that Internet access in society promotes an increase in the educational level of people, as well as generating an increase in economic income.

Palabras llave : Internet; urban area; rural area; income; education.