LIMITATIONS, OBSTACLES AND PROBLEMS of seniors in using ICT


What:
Poland Latvia Sweden
difficulty with mastering computer skills
3
3
2
fear of insufficient skills
3
3
3
fear of new things (novelty)
3
3
2
impossibility of mastering everything
3
3
3
fear of no help from family, neighbours, friends
2
3
3
fear of swindles , hacking
2
1
2
anonymity in the Internet
1
1
2
lack of physical coordination
2
2
2
problems with using a mouse because of age limitation
2
2
2
problems with vision (small fonts)
2
2
2
difficult structure of the software
3
3
3
abbreviate explanations
2
3
2
too many functions
3
3
3
hardware limitations
2
3
1
technical problems with the access to Internet
2
3
2
financial limitations
2
3
3

3 - the most important, 0 - not mentioned