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authors largest and most multi-threaded sociological survey in Poland – “Social Diagnosis” – looked into Polish homes and have checked what they have. Also checked that the medium is more important to us – the internet or television. What enters with an examination

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The most common asset to the Poles, the washing machine (in 92 percent. households) and satellite or cable TV (72 percent.). In many homes the Internet (67 percent)., LCD or Plasma (64 percent.), Car (63 percent.), DVD player, microwave (on 59 per cent.). In less than half of the houses are: laptop (49 percent.), PC (47 percent.) And landline (47 per cent)..

What has few compatriots? The rarest good in Polish farms are motorboat and sailboat (it is only 1 percent. Families), an electronic book reader (4 percent.) Cottage (5 percent)., Recreational land (13 percent.), Home cinema (19 per cent .) and dishwasher (24 percent)..

As emphasized by the authors of “Social Diagnosis”, in the years 2009-13 were coming to us most of the goods and items off landline phone and computer. We give them to the cells, laptops, tablet PCs and DVD players.

Parts items and goods we do not have, because we can not afford. But, as the authors write, today more and more often the lack of need, not money, we have no such fixed phone and computer, and a car and a microwave oven.

Poles and new technologies

In the middle of this year, any computer was at 70 percent. Polish homes, and access to the network 67 percent. This means that almost 79 percent. Poles aged 16 years and more have their own computer at home (by 3 percentage points. More than in 2011).

Surfing the Internet is our main motivation for having a computer. The authors of “Diagnosis” notes that in Poland slowed growth of new Internet users, and put the argument: those who do not have a computer and Internet access, they are not interested in using this technology and have no incentive to use them. Slightly different is the case with the latest technology, such as tablets and electronic book readers. Quite often we do not have them for financial reasons.

On the Internet, of course, we use not only at home but also outside of it, via mobile phones, which is over 87 percent. Poles. Among them is a growing part of smartphones, which – according to “Diagnosis” – has already more than 25 percent. Polish citizens aged 16 years or more.

sitting in front of two screens

As the researchers note, spread of computers and the Internet does not mean that we spend less time watching television.

– For many Americans, television is a much more fundamental medium than the Internet. Well you can see it at the time, which Poles spend on the use of different media. Time spent watching TV is not reduced, and the percentage of people watching television for at least two hours a day increases steadily. Between 2007 and 2013 increased from 55 to 59 per cent. Meanwhile, people who use the Internet an average of more than two hours per day is less than 19 percent. – Write the authors of the study.

Interestingly, more and more is people who do not watch television at all, but it’s still a small group. Since 2007, increased from 2.6 percent. to 4.3 per cent. people aged 16 plus. Definitely more people are not watching TV, the network that spend the most time.

The younger we are, the more time you spend on the web and less time watching television. With age, the ratio change. However, television dominates the Internet even among students. Suddenly 15 percent. Poles spend more time online than in front of a small screen.

We are happy and satisfied with their lives, while earning less and less. We do not engage socially, we have a low level of tolerance and bad judge reform after 1989 What are the latest results from the “Social Diagnosis” and how the results says study co-author Professor. Janusz Czapi?ski – read here.

“Social Diagnosis” is the greatest sociological research in Poland, is carried out approximately every two years. This year’s edition carried out in spring covered 12.3 thousand. houses inhabited by 36.2 thousand. people. Research methodology assumes that the interviewers in subsequent editions visit some of the same homes.

page of the “Social Diagnosis”