You might want to take a look at Chris Le Dantec's work on "Designs on dignity: perceptions of technology among the homeless". http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1357155 There was also a related piece in ACM's Interactions magazine a few months back. Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:01:28 -0500 From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk@sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: [Air-L] internet and homelessness To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP565941618EC0B5F5ACEBB5DCB50@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I suspect there is a temporary negative correlation. Internet use and access and experience suggest less risk for homelessness. But perhaps homelessness is too closely tied to income.