Regional differences in mean of accessing the Internet
Based on data from the Armenian Media landscape report, here are the regional breakdowns of means of accessing the Internet in Armenia (in early 2011).
You can see that for the country as a whole, most Internet users are personal computer based – although mobile is not insignificant. In the capital, PC dominates, but for rural users, mobile is catching up to PC. And those mobile users are often NEW users.
In an upcoming study we discuss how much the way people access the Internet influences what they actually do once they’re online as well as the demographic differences between those that use a PC and those that use a mobile phone as their primary Internet access device.
This is the entire country.
This is Yerevan.
This is regional cities.
This is rural areas.
(All images by Janine Slaker)
| OF ALL ARMENIAN INTERNET USERS |
Total |
Yerevan |
Regional city |
Rural |
| N = 420 |
N = 215 |
N = 145 |
N = 60 |
|
| Mobile Internet access |
15% |
10% |
19% |
28% |
| PC-based Internet access |
71% |
73% |
77% |
62% |
|
Both mobile and |
11% |
17% |
4% |
10% |
| OF ALL ARMENIANS |
Total |
Yerevan |
Regional city |
Rural |
| N = 1420 |
N = 504 |
N = 443 |
N = 473 |
|
| No Internet access | 70% |
57% |
67% |
87% |
| Mobile Internet access |
5% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
| PC-based Internet access |
22% |
31% |
25% |
8% |
|
Both mobile and |
3% |
7% |
1% |
1% |