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International Digital Divide Statistics

urbanministry.org/international-0" class="" title="International Audience Resources">International Digital Divide Statistics

Statistics for urbanministry.org/international-0" class="" title="International Audience Resources">International Digital Divide Organizations

This page provides information that we esteem relevant to urbanministry.org/international-0" class="" title="International Audience Resources">international digital divide organizations and community technology centers around the world. We encourage you to start looking into the following two links of the World Development Reports for 2006 and the World Development Reports for 2007.

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Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions

 
PDI
   Power Distance Index
 
IDV
   Individualism
 
MAS
  
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Links to Additional Digital Divide Statistics

More Organizations and Links with Statistics on the Digital Divide

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Finding Youth Statistics

Finding urbanministry.org/youth-group" class="" title="Youth Resources">Youth Statistics

General Information

This first website is a compilation for all the census 2000 data which relates to child wellbeing, such as the percentage of children who live below the urbanministry.org/poverty_homelessness" class="" title="Poverty Resources">poverty level, the percentage who are high school dropouts, and the percentage who live in single-parent homes. It’s fantastic and much easier to use than the census web page, plus you get all the best census information on children all in one table. We highly recommend you check this out.

Here are some instructions to help you navigate the page:

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Human Trafficking Statistics

  • An estimated 9.5 billion is generated in annual revenue from all trafficking activities, with at least $4 billion attributed to the worldwide brothel industry (U.S. Department of State. 2004. Trafficking in Persons Report. Washington, D.C.: U.S.
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Statistics on Internet Dangers

Pornography General Stats

• As of 2003, there were 1.3 million pornographic websites; 260 million pages (N2H2, 2003).

• The total urbanministry.org/sexual_addiction" class="" title="Pornography & Sexual Addiction Resources">porn industry profit: estimates from $4 billion to $10 billion (National Research Council Report, 2002); Total U.S. revenue (2005): $12.6 billion (Adult urbanministry.org/video" class="" title="">Video News).

• U.S. adult DVD/urbanministry.org/video" class="" title="">video rentals in 2005: almost 1 billion (Adult Video News).

• Hotel viewership for adult films: 55% (cbsnews.com).

• Unique users visiting adult web sites monthly: 45 million (Neilsen Net Ratings).

• More than 70% of men from 18 to 34 visit a pornographic site in a typical month. (comScore Media Metrix).

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Racism Statistics

  • urbanministry.org/africa_channel" class="" title="Africa Resources">African Americans constituted 53.5 percent of all persons who entered urbanministry.org/ex-offender-ministry" class="" title="Prison & Ex-offender Ministry Resources">prison because of a drug conviction (Human Rights Watch, Targeting Blacks, based on National Corrections Reporting Program data).
  • Blacks were 10.1 times more likely than whites to enter urbanministry.org/ex-offender-ministry" class="" title="Prison & Ex-offender Ministry Resources">prison for drug offenses (ibid.).
  • Of 7,722 hate-crime incidents reported to the FBI in 2006, 2,640 were anti-black (FBI Uniform Crime Report).
  • Of 25- to 29-year-olds, 92.9 percent of whites completed high school, compared to 86.9 percent of blacks, and only 61.8 percent of Hispanics. In the same age group, 68.2 of whites completed 1 or more years of college, compared to 53.7 percent of blacks and 53.9 percent of Hispanics.
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Environment Statistics: Global Warming and Climate Change Data

  • Annual average Arctic sea ice extent shrunk by 2.7 per cent per decade in the last century.
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Drug and Alcohol Addiction Statistics

  • In 2001, almost 17 million Americans aged 12 or older abused or were dependent on either alcohol or illicit drugs (NHSDA, Substance Abuse or Dependence).
  • The highest rate of abuse or dependence on alcohol or illicit drugs was among 21 year olds (ibid.).
  • Among full-time workers aged 18 to 49 in 2000, 8.1 percent reported past month heavy alcohol use, and 7.8 percent reported past month illicit drug use (NHSDA, Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse among Full-Time Workers).
  • Based on SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, in 2001 more than 6 million children lived wi
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Disability Statistics

  • According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 54 million Americans (31%) are living with a disability (Cornell University's Disability Statistics FAQ).
  • According to the 2007 American Community Survey, 5,033,000 Americans (2.9%) have a sensory disability, such as blindness or deafness (ibid.).
  • 13,789,000 Americans (7.9%) have a physical disability (2007 ACS, ibid.).
  • 8,273,000 Americans (4.7%) have a mental disability (2007 ACS, ibid.).
  • 4,056,000 Americans (2.3%) have a disability that hinders their self-care (2007 ACS, ibid.).
  • 5,931,000 Americans (3.4%) have a disability that hinders their ability to go outside their home (2007 ACS, ibid.).
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Genocide Statistics

  • Armenia: 1,000,000 killed from 1915-1923
  • China under Mao: 58,000,000 killed
  • USSR under Stalin: 20,000,000 killed (Robert Conquest, The Great Terror)
  • Holocaust: 5,700,000 killed from 1933-1945 (Nuremberg Trial)
  • Khmer Rouge (Cambodia): 1,600,000 killed between 1975-1978
  • Bosnia: 250,000 killed from 1992-1995 (U.S.
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Homelessness Statistics

  • Over a five-year period, about 2–3 percent of the U.S.
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Human Trafficking Statistics

  • An estimated 9.5 billion is generated in annual revenue from all trafficking activities, with at least $4 billion attributed to the worldwide brothel industry (U.S. Department of State. 2004. Trafficking in Persons Report. Washington, D.C.: U.S.
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Global Poverty Statistics

 

  • Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.

    At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.Source 1

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Racism Statistics

  • urbanministry.org/africa_channel" class="" title="Africa Resources">African Americans constituted 53.5 percent of all persons who entered urbanministry.org/ex-offender-ministry" class="" title="Prison & Ex-offender Ministry Resources">prison because of a drug conviction (Human Rights Watch, Targeting Blacks, based on National Corrections Reporting Program data).
  • Blacks were 10.1 times more likely than whites to enter urbanministry.org/ex-offender-ministry" class="" title="Prison & Ex-offender Ministry Resources">prison for drug offenses (ibid.).
  • Of 7,722 hate-crime incidents reported to the FBI in 2006, 2,640 were anti-black (FBI Uniform Crime Report).
  • Of 25- to 29-year-olds, 92.9 percent of whites completed high school, compared to 86.9 percent of blacks, and only 61.8 percent of Hispanics. In the same age group, 68.2 of whites completed 1 or more years of college, compared to 53.7 percent of blacks and 53.9 percent of Hispanics.
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