Young people and information technology in Latin America

Ney Luiz Silva and Nelsom Marangoni

This paper describes some of the perceptions and attitudes of Latin American teenagers towards their lives and specifically explores their attitudes towards information technology.

Young People And Information Technology In Latin America

Ney Luiz Silva Statistics Director, Research International, Brazil. andNelsom Marangoni CEO, Research International, Brazil.

INTRODUCTION

In spite of the tendency that manifested in the nineties of the aging of the Latin American populations, the fact is that this continent still is, and will be for a long time, an extremely young region when compared to more developed countries. Within Latin America, 42% of the population lies within the age group of below 19 years, compared to 23% in the countries of Western Europe, for example.

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