Dostępność i wykorzystanie technologii informacyjno- -komunikacyjnych (ICT) w gospodarstwach domowych w krajach Europy Środkowo- -Wschodniej
Availability and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in households in Central and Eastern European countries

Summary/Abstract: With the development of modern information and communicationtechnologies, more and more spheres and types of human activity are deter-mined by access to the Internet, its use and the necessary competences, mostoften described as digital. As a result, we are facing a modern society, alsoreferred to as an informational society, in which information plays a key role,becoming the main determinant of its development. This society, throughits constant and increasingly rapid changes, arouses the unwavering interestof representatives from various disciplines and scientific research, includingstatistical analyses.The basis of the presented reflections, carried out through the desk researchmethod, was the latest data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat)and the Central Statistical Office (CSO) public statistics. The aim of the paperwas to characterise the level of accessibility and use of ICT in households inthe countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and an attempt to compare howthese countries (including Poland) stand in relation to all the Member Statesof the European Union.As a result of the analyses, it was found that both the availability and use ofICT in households in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe vary sig-nificantly. Moreover, the generally high level of Internet access and the sig-nificant proportion of people using it do not translate into the expected levelof digital competencies of the inhabitants of the studied region/area, bothwithin the CEE and the EU.

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