The use of the Internet in Morocco: Test for measuring the second digital divide

This article proposes to prove economically the existence of a second level digital divide in Morocco. We have well designed and administered a questionnaire to approach 1030 persons living in the two largest cities of the Kingdom: Rabat and Casablanca. It seemed to us at the appropriate time to get down working in these big cities where normally there should not be any digital divide, at least the one of first degree, in order to detect inequalities in the use of the Internet. By the present field work we seek to determine far beyond Internet access, a kind of persons being behind the second degree digital divide. Our results lead us to say that the use of the Internet in the cities is influenced by socioeconomic position and the living conditions of individuals. The second degree digital divide is omnipresent. These results are enough to put into perspective the effectiveness of policies to ensure a wide coverage of the country by the ICT expected to create the added value and improve the living standards and social wellbeing of citizens.