SELECTED INDICATORS OF COMPUTER LITERACY OF THE POPULATION IN SLOVAKIA
SELECTED INDICATORS OF COMPUTER LITERACY OF THE POPULATION IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Katerina Vilinova, Gabriela Repaska, Laura Babjaková
Subject(s): Demography and human biology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: computer literacy; work with text; work with the Internet; Slovakia; districts;
Summary/Abstract: Due to the rapid growth of scientific knowledge and development of information and communication technologies, significant changes are taking place in individual countries. New technologies are coming to the fore through which there is an increase in country's economy, employment as well as labor productivity. To some extent, this fact is influenced by the ability of basic computer skills. Computer handling is an essential knowledge important to all areas of human life. Computer work is one of the leading characters of an information society. At the same time, this indicator is also important from the viewpoint of regional development of individual regions. The aim of the paper is to characterize selected indicators of computer literacy (work with text and the Internet) in the districts of Slovakia based on the results of the population census in 2011. The methods of analysis, synthesis as well as graphical and cartographic methods will be the main methods used in the paper.

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