According to data of the TNS Emor pollsters, 45 per cent of Estonian residents aged 15-74, or around 576,000 people, use the internet, with the number of internet users has increasing by 59,000 over the past year. The growth in internet penetration and more intensive use of the web has become possible due to an increase in ownership of home computers and subscriptions to leased-line connection, TNS Emor said. Children play a major part in the acquisition of computers - half of families with children have a personal computer at home and most of them have also a leased-line connection to the internet.
Of children aged 6-14, two-thirds already use the internet. Internet penetration has been even faster among children than among grown-ups - a year ago, only 50 per cent of children used the internet.
The data is based on TNS Emor�s e-monitoring survey which charts the development of computer and internet-related fields. The survey is carried out once a month among adults with 500 residents in the 15-74 age group interviewed each time. In addition, 350 children aged 6-14 are surveyed once a year.
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Quelle: europemedia.net
