雖然資訊科技正為我國經濟與其他發展奠定基礎，但卻仍有相當多的民眾是被此新的資訊時代拒於門外的，造成「資訊貧富不均」或「數位落差」；所謂「資訊富者」與「資訊貧者」之間的區隔與差距業已成為民權與經濟發展上的重要議題和隱憂。 　　為了瞭解我國資訊貧富不均現況、並為政府資訊政策之制定提供一客觀之參考指標，本研究調查我國個人與家庭使用電腦和網路現況。研究方法與步驟包括文獻分析、現存（二手）資料的蒐集與分析、針對全國民眾之電話問卷調查等，並以下列人文背景變項加以探討不同族群在資訊取用（電腦的擁有與使用、網際網絡的使用）上程度的差異：家庭收入、教育程度、性別、省籍背景、年齡、職業、及居住地區，並建構用以度量「資訊均富」程度之Gini係數，以具體描繪我國資訊均富之現狀圖像。 　　研究結果顯示，我國民眾在不同性別間、不同年齡層間、不同教育程度間，數位落差出現在網路使用上、上網的時數上、是否使用電腦、使用電腦的時數、以及電腦和網路對於工作和生活之重要性上；受訪者居住地區為都市、郊區和鄉村間之數位落差亦是明顯的；在不同族群間，數位落差則並不甚明顯。而就家戶收入水準間之比較而言，數位落差出現在家中是否有電腦、家中用電腦數、家中是否上網、個人是否使用電腦和網路、個人使用電腦時數、以及電腦和網路對工作和生活的重要性上。

Although Taiwan’s economic and other developments are based on information and communication technologies (ICTs, such as computers and the Internet), many people are still left out of the new information era. As a result, information inequality, that is, the gap between the information-rich and the information-poor, has generated critical issues and worries in civil rights and economic developments. While the emerging digital economy has become a major driving force of our nation’s economic well-being, we must make sure that all people have the information tools and skills that are critical to their participation. Access to such tools is an important step to ensure that our economy grows strong and that in the future no one is left behind. To understand, measure, and explain the current state of our nation’s digital divide, and to provide objective indicators for information policy-making, this research examines individuals’ and families’ ownership and use of computers and the Internet. The research methods include collection and analysis of secondary data, and a sample survey and telephone interviewing of Taiwan’s people and families. It uses the following variables to investigate various societal sectors’ ownership and use of computers and the Internet: household income, educational level, gender, race/origin, age, occupation, and location of residence. Furthermore, it constructs Gini coefficients to reflect concurrent information equality. This research has found that on the use of Internet and computers and on self-evaluation of the importance of Internet and computers to their living and work, gaps exist between people of different genders, ages, and educational levels. Divides are also seen between urban, suburban, and rural areas. However, gaps are not significant between various racial origins. As to households, digital divide also exists in between different income levels on computer ownership, Internet connection, household members’ use of computer and Internet, and household members’ self-evaluation of the importance of ICTs to their living and work.