title: Why the offline are offline: a survey of internet use by educated Pakistani adults.
abstract: The study reported here explored the reasons for the relatively limited use of the Internet among educated Pakistani adults. A fairly large sample of Internet nonusers from different cities of the Punjab Province with at least secondary school education participated in a survey. Some graduate students and cyber café owners were also interviewed. The results of this study are reported in the main body of this paper, indicating that a variety of cultural, educational, and economic factors are responsible for this state of affairs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Library and Information Science, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. alakhdarem2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Farzana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shafique
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahmood
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003906:Developing Countries; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009862:Online Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010154:Pakistan; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014600:Utilization Review; D055815:Young Adult