In the period 2007-2010 found improvements in Internet literacy across all the special groups. These groups include people with low education, unemployed, those living in rural areas, middle-aged and elderly. Note however that especially for the elderly (65-74 years) , middle-aged (55-64 years) and for people with low educational level, although the percentage has doubled online literacy remains very low. Significant improvement in 15% there the percentage of unemployed Greek citizens with good Internet skills. For residents in rural areas, improving the proportion of people with good skills was lower (5%) within three years.
Examination of Internet literacy gap between the general population and specific groups, we find that in Greece the largest gap is found in the elderly (91%) , middle-aged (82%) and persons with low education (59%) . The gap is smaller (27%) for residents in rural areas.
Overall, both in Greece and Sony VGN-SZ battery, the rate of convergence of Internet literacy gap between the general population and specific population groups for the period 2007-2010 is small. To improve the literacy in Greece is necessary and the training of citizens to information and communication technologies with emphasis on professional skills in ICT and e-business and digital targeting disadvantaged groups.
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The main conclusions
- 22% of Greek citizens have good skills in using the Internet, versus 40%, which corresponds to the average of the EU-27. About half of Greek Internet users have not sufficient skill to use.
- Occurs Improving digital skills for Greek citizens the period 2007-2010, which lacks but compared to the same for citizens of the EU-27. About Greece, referring to the digital gap between disadvantaged groups compared with the general population shows the following: The digital divide is still very important and goes slightly decreasing (with unsatisfactory rates) for the elderly and middle aged.
- The digital divide is an important but diminishing at a satisfactory rate for people with low educational level. The Sony VGN-SZ battery is about small and stable for residents in rural areas.
- There is no digital divide between the specific group of unemployed people and the general population in Greece. Instead, the unemployed have skills significantly higher than the general population.
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