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Vázquez Cabrera, José Juan Panadero Herrero, Sonia Martín Galván, Rosa Val Diaz-Pescador, María del 2023-06-19T13:45:59Z 2023-06-19T13:45:59Z 2015 1520-6629 doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21682 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34393 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21682 The article analyzes access to various information and communication technologies – ICTs-(mobile phone, computer, Internet, e-mail and social network site) among a representative sample of homeless people in Madrid. The information was collected using a structured interview. The results show that new ICTs are used to some extent among homeless people in Madrid, although at much lower percentages than the general population in Spain. We observed a relatively widespread use of mobile phones, a medium-low level use of the Internet, computer and e-mail, and hardly any use of social networks, with significant differences according to the interviewees' age, level of education and Spanish or foreign nationality. The digital divide has an especially negative effect on elderly homeless people, those with lower levels of education and those of Spanish origin. eng open access Access to new information and communication technologies among homeless people in Madrid (Spain) journal article