MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti) - In the first quarter of 2005, 45% of Russia's Internet users, i.e., people who use the Web at least once a month, connected to the Internet from their home computer, whereas 34% did so from the office, a Russian research holding said today.
Russian Public Opinion and Market Research (ROMIR Monitoring) said respondents in a survey it had conducted had been able to give several answers, so the result could not be 100%.
In fact, 15% of Russia's Internet users connected to the Web from their friends' or relatives' computers, 9% from school, 9% from Internet cafes, 7% from their cell phones or laptops, and 7% from Internet centers at post offices or libraries.
The respondents in the youngest age group used more ways to connect to the Internet. The 18-24-age bracket featured more respondents than in the general who connected to the Internet not only from their homes and workplaces, but also from Internet cafes (15%), and from their friends and relatives (22%).
Older respondents used fewer ways to connect to the net. Those over 25 mainly used computers at home or in the office, but only an insignificant part of this age group's representatives used other ways. Cell phones and laptops represented an exception here, though, as people aged 25-34 used these forms of connection more often than any other age group.
Romir Monitoring said about 13% of Russians above 18 (about 15 million people) were Internet users in the first quarter of 2005.
The survey covered 1,600 adult respondents in over 100 towns and cities. A total of 630 active Internet users were also questioned.
