title: Assessment of low-income adults' access to technology: implications for nutrition education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main objective of this study was to investigate access and use of technologies such as the Internet among Indiana's low-income population. The secondary objective was to determine whether access and use of computers significantly differed by age, race, and/or education level.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from low-income adult Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education participants for a 2-year period using a cross-sectional questionnaire about access and use of technology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately 50% of the total respondents (n = 1,620) indicated that they had a working computer in their home, and of those, the majority (78%) had a high-speed Internet connection. Chi-square analysis revealed that younger adults who were white and had more education were more likely to have a computer (P < .001) and Internet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study provide evidence that using Internet-based nutrition education in a low-income population is a viable and possibly cost-effective option.
authors.affiliation: Purdue University Extension, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Neuenschwander
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Amy R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mobley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires