Even in high-connectivity countries, family income does much to determine children's ability to meet their online needs. The case of the homework gap in the United States, where the lack of home broadband access puts low-income schoolchildren at a disadvantage, is a telling example (see box: Mind the homework gap). The global gap in internet use between men and women grew from 11 per cent in 2013 to 12 per cent in 2016.13 The gap is particularly striking in some low-income countries (see Figure 2.5).