More than half of Russians have PCs at home - poll

    MOSCOW, August 13 (Itar-Tass) -- More than half of Russians - 55
percent - have a personal computer at home. At the same time one in three
has no intention of buying one, as follows from an opinion poll by the
national public studies center VTsIOM published this week on the occasion
of the 30th anniversary of the world's first personal computer.
    Computer sales, according to statistics, are on the ascent in Russia:
in 2007 PCs were in the homes of only 34 percent of the polled. At the
same time, as one should have expected, the young spearhead the
computerization process - 75 percent of those between 18 and 24 years own
a personal computer. In the group of those over 60 two-thirds do not have
computers and do not plan to acquire them.
    Another significant feature: "in the forefront there are people of
means (79 percent), highly educated (66 percent) and ...
Internet-dependent ones (84 percent)."
    However, 33 percent do not have a computer and are not going to buy
it. People with primary and incomplete secondary education account for a
majority in this group.
    The pollster also noted a general tendency showing the number of those
wishing to purchase PC is dwindling. Whereas in 2007 every tenth Russian
planned to make such a purchase, now would-be buyers number only 6 percent.
    The nationwide opinion poll surveyed 1,600 men and women of age in 138 cities and villages in 46 regions and republics. The statistical error did
not exceed 3.4 percent.