1. The gender divide in digital competence: a cross-sectional study on university students in southwestern Bangladesh
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Md. Tanvir Hossain, Shahinur Akter, Nishana Afrin Nishu, Lubaba Khan, Tasnia Tahsin Shuha, Nusrat Jahan, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, and Mst. Taslima Khatun
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gender divide ,digital competence ,social capital ,university students ,Bangladesh ,Education (General) ,L7-991 - Abstract
IntroductionA persistent gender divide in digital competence is visible empirically in both developed and developing countries. But there is not a single study in the context of Bangladesh, as per the author’s best knowledge. This study, therefore, was designed to find out the gender divide in the digital competence of university students with reference to socioeconomic background.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was carried out in a public university of Bangladesh, where data were collected from 1,059 students using a semi-structured interview schedule, where digital competence was measured by computer application usage (CAU) and computer self-efficacy (CSe), with overall reliability of 0.840 and 0.960, respectively. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistic v25, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test were used to determine the differences between students regarding digital competence.ResultsFindings from ANOVA suggested that older students, in terms of age (p
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- 2023
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