: in our country - the fifteenth in the standings - are linked to 40% of all households, while the European average is 52% . And 'one of the data in the 2006 Istat report on new technologies.
Internet in the EU. Leading the European Union are Holland (80%), Denmark (79%), Sweden (77%) in tail Greece (23%), Slovakia (27%), Hungary (32%). We are close to France (41%), Spain (39%), Portugal (35%).
The most common goods. In the technology sector, are television, present in 93.9% of households and mobile (82.3%). Below the video recorder (63%), the DVD player (50.7%), the personal computer (46.1%), Internet access (35.6%).
More and more cell phones. Compared to 2005, increased primarily possession of the phone (80, 8 to 82%, 3%) and personal computer (from 43.9% to 46.1%). Internet access is fairly stable (from 34.5% to 35.6%) but improves the quality of connection: reduce that narrowband (dial-up modem or traditional telephone line ISDN), which increased by 21.6% to 18.7%, and instead increase as broadband (ADSL or other), which increased from 11 , 6% to 14.4%.
The generation gap. Among the different types of family are strong technological gap. The nuclei consist of only the elderly continue to be excluded: only 5.5% own a personal computer, only 2.8% have access to the Internet and is almost entirely lacking the spread of broadband connections (1.1 %). The only common good (except the TV) and mobile phones (45.3%). At the other extreme, households with at least a minor possessing the personal computer e l'accesso ad Internet rispettivamente nel 69,7% e nel 51,8% dei casi.
Il divario economico-sociale. Nelle famiglie con capofamiglia dirigente, imprenditore o libero professionista il possesso del cellulare (96,3%) ha superato quello della televisione (94,5%). Molto diffusi anche personal computer (80,6%), accesso a Internet (70,2%) e i beni tecnologici legati al televisore come l'antenna parabolica (44,7%), il decoder digitale terrestre (26%), la tv digitale (12,9%) e il lettore dvd (78,1%). Tra le famiglie con capofamiglia operaio e quelle in cui il capofamiglia è dirigente, imprenditore o libero professionista c'è una differenza di circa 30 punti nel possesso di personal computer e di 37 punti nel possesso di accesso a internet.
Il divario territoriale. L'uso di pc e internet è più diffuso nel Nord-ovest (rispettivamente 46,4% e 39%). Diversa la situazione nel Sud e nelle Isole dove le percentuali di utilizzo sono più basse (intorno al 35% per il personal computer e al 27% per internet). Va sottolineato, inoltre, che dal 2003 al 2006 le differenze tra Nord e Sud del Paese sembrano leggermente aumentate: la distanza nell'uso del personal computer tra il Nord-ovest e il Sud era di circa 8 punti percentuali nel 2003 ed è diventata di 12 punti percentuali nel 2006.
Le età. Il picco di utilizzo del personal computer has between 11 and 19 years (over 75%) and the Internet between 15 and 24 years (more than 67%) and decreases with increasing age. Even among people of 35-44 years the use of personal computers (53.8%) and internet (45.7%) is much smaller. Among people aged 60-64 only 16.4% use their personal computer, and 12.3% use the Internet, over sixty of the use of these technologies is marginal.
activities. What do you do on the Internet is yanked age-related users. Between 20 and 44 years more than 80% of users use the Internet primarily to send or receive email. Using the web to chat, however, is particularly widespread among young people of 15-24 (over 43%), as well as using the web to play games, download games, pictures and music that is most widespread among people of 6-19 years (over 60% ). The training activities at schools and universities is very common among 18-24 year olds (over 41%), while the vocational training activities are mainly practiced by individuals aged 20 to 59 years (with higher values 15%). [Via
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