The Information Society Commission, the independent advisory body to Government, recently presented the results of a major survey on the use of technology by consumers in Ireland. The survey, conducted by MRBI, involved 1400 participants and claims, that 49% of the Irish population now has access to the Internet, up from 41% in 2000 and from only 5% in 1996.
Based on the survey, the Info Soc now claims that 63% of the adult population are familiar with the PC, up from 54% in 2000; while 93% of Irish adults have access to fixed line phone and 80% have access to a mobile phone.
Alarmingly, the survey confirms that there is still a significant divide when it comes to technology adoption between the old and young, male and female and city and country dwellers. Early Adopters of technology are biased towards males, in the 15 to 24 year old category, and more likely to be living in Dublin. Late adopters are more likely to be female and more likely to be in the over 50 age group. Two reports – one on business usage and one on consumer usage can be downloaded from www.isc.ie.
12/06/2003
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