A recent study suggests that around one-third of adults in the UK do not have access to computers and more than a third don’t have access to internet.

Nearly 5,000 adults were surveyed during the study, and a conclusion was derived that despite the age of ‘digital inclusion’ and the advent of mobile broadband and 3G internet handsets, not everyone is connected online. Digital connectivity depends a lot upon class and income, which ultimately dictates the consumer’s decision. The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), which conducted the survey, released these figures that have surprised everyone in this ultra-connected age.

According to NIACE, the survey highlights the “harsh reality” of the digital divide. The finding suggests that 86 percent of the people in the AB socio-economic group (managerial and professional) have easy access to computers. However, only 45 per cent of those in the DE group (unskilled manual and unemployed) have computers available to them.

Senior programme director at NIACE, Rachel Thomson, said that NIACE has been instrumental in establishing a connection between the learning poor, the economically poor and the digitally poor. She stated that though the Government has a goal that everyone will be accessing

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