idea joint report on the survey to parents

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“Info-inclusion for the Development of Educational Action”

REPORT ON THE SURVEY ABOUT INFO-EXCLUSION

CONDUCTED NEAR PARENTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES

IDEA - “Info-inclusion for the Development of Educational Action” 23th of November 2009 – final version

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The survey was applied to a target group of 409 Portuguese parents and 495 Romanian parents.

Overall the results proved to be very similar in both countries.

The major differences mirrored by the survey refer to the time spent online /on the computer and the autonomy of the use of the computer/ the internet.


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1. Age: 20-30 years old □ 31-45 years old □ 46- 55 years old □ more than 55

years old □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

2. Gender: Female □ Male □ Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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1. Age

85%

14185%

117%

53%

20-30 years old 31-45 years old

46- 55 years old more than 55 years old

2. Gender

11771%

4829%

Female Male


In both countries, most parents involved in the survey are female and their ages comprised between 31 and 45 years.


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3. Qualifications: Incomplete Elementary School □ Complete Elementary School □ Incomplete Junior High School □ Complete Junior High School □ Incomplete Secondary School □ Complete Secondary School □ Attendance of College / University □ Bachelorship □

Degree □ Mastership □ Graduation □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

Most of the parents that have answered the survey in both countries have graduated from high school/secondary school. The second biggest number of Portuguese parents is made of people that have a diploma from university or that have only graduated from a primary school, whereas in Romania the second biggest number of parents refers to those that have graduated from a professional school or have a mastership diploma.


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3. Qualifications

2616%

95%

1710%13

8%106%

9155%

Elementary School Professional School High School

College University Mastership


4. Have you got a computer at home? Yes □ No □

Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

5. Have you got Internet at home? Yes □ No □


Over 90% of both Portuguese and Romanian parents own a computer at home. Not all of them have got Internet service though. In Romania, 85% of the parents answered that they are connected to the Internet, whereas 95% of the Portuguese parents have got an Internet service.


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4. Have you got a computer at home?

15192%

138%

Yes No

5. Have you got Internet at home?

14185%

2415%

Yes No


6. Are you a regular user (about 3 times a week) of the computer? Yes □ No □ Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

The survey has showed that not all parents are using the computer on a regular basis. 84% of the Romanian parents use the computer about 3 times a week, whereas only 65% of the Portuguese parents do this on the same time frame.


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6. Are you a regular user (about 3 times a week) of the computer?

13884%

2716%

Yes No


7. And of the Internet? Yes □ No □


The answers of both Romanian and Portuguese parents have emphasised the use of the Internet on a regular basis. 85% of the Romanian parents confessed they use the Internet more than 3 times a week. Only 63% of the Portuguese parents said that they do that.

8. Where do you usually use the computer / Internet?

home □ work place □ public points □ Others □


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7. And of the Internet?

14085%

2515%

Yes No



9. Which is the most frequent use you give to your on-line activity / activity in the computer?

Pleasure □ Professional □


Both Portuguese and Romanian parents use the computer/ the internet at home, but they do it for different purposes. 67% of the Romanian parents use it for entertainment, and 33% for work reasons. 48% of the Portuguese parents have professional reasons to use the computer/ the internet at home, while 37% do it for entertainment.

10. In a scale from 1 to 5, in which 1 stands for Poor and 5 for Excellent, how do you assess your level of performance of the New Information Technologies (computer, internet)?


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8. Where do you usually use the computer / Internet?

13381%

1811%

74%

74%

Home Work place Public points Others

9. Which is the most frequent use you give to your on-line activity / activity in the computer?

11167%

5433%

Pleasure Professional


1 □ 2 □ 3 □ 4 □ 5 □


In both countries most of the parents surveyed said that on a scale from 1 to 5 their computer skills fall on a level three.

PART 2


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1. Do you consider the use of the computer and of the Internet important today? Yes □ No

□


Over 80% of the surveyed parents have emphasized the importance of the usage of the computer/the Internet: 89% in Romania and 93% in Portugal.

If you have answered No, point out two reasons and then move to question 3.:


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11. Do you consider the use of the computer and of the Internet important today?

1811%

14789%

Yes No


. _____________________________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________________________

2. Point out in which ways knowing how to use the computer / Internet can help....: a) a child: . ______________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________

b) a student: . ______________________________________________________

. ____________________________________________________

c) an adult in his/her professional life: . ______________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________ d) in leisure time: . ______________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________ e) an handicapped person: . ____________________________________________________

. _____________________________________________________


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3. Do you think that Town Halls and Autarchies should facilitate the use of computers and the access to the Internet to all their residents?

Yes □ No □


Over 90% of the Romanian and Portuguese parents considered that the Town Authorities should facilitate the use of computers and the access to the internet for all the residents.

4. How would you do it, if it was up to you to decide? (Tick just one answer)


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12. Do you think that Town Halls and Autarchies should facilitate the use of computers and the access to the Internet to all their residents?

148%

15192%

Yes No


With free public access to computer cafés and web points □ With cheap public access to computer cafés and web points □ With some computers and Internet connection areas in local libraries □ Offering a computer with free Internet connection to every local household □Offering free education in the use of computers and Internet to their citizens □Offering cheap education in the use of computers and Internet to their citizens □



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Most of Portuguese parents believe that access should be granted with info cafés and web points of free public use and that Town Halls and Autarchies should educate their citizens on the New Information Technologies free of charge, whereas the greatest number of Romanian parents interviewed (40%) feel that public authorities should offer free education to citizens; the second biggest group of these parents (18%) also refer the free web points and info cafés as an important weapon in the fight against info-exclusion which Town Halls and Autarchies should resort to.

5. At the moment if all the administrative form filled in at the City Hall yearly at the Police should be filled in on line on the computer, could you do it without any help?


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Yes □ No □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

One of the biggest differences spotted between the Romanian and Portuguese parents is connected to the autonomy of the use of the computer. When asked if they can fill in all the administrative form at the City Hall/ at the Police on line without any help, 65% of Romanian parents answered negatively, while 61% of the Portuguese parents answered positively.


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13. At the moment if all the administrative form filled in at the City Hall yearly at the Poloce,

should be filled in on line on the computer, could you do this thing without any help?

5735%

10865%

Yes No