Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVICES
ON THE JOB
In connection with the discussion on the information society, working people
were asked about their use of different information technology devices in their
job and at the workplace. There were clear differences between the Baltic
countries regarding utilisation of information technology. Information technology
devices and the possibilities they opened up were used the most commonly
in Estonia, and the least in Lithuania.
In all the Baltic countries, a definite majority of the workplaces have computers
at their disposal. This does not, however, mean that the jobs of a majority
of the working people are changing into information work which uses information
technology. A little over one-third (35 %) of Estonia's working
population used a computer in their own job. In Latvia, somewhat fewer (31
%) used a computer in their work, but in Lithuania only less than one in four.
In Finland, the most representative data gauging the prevalence of information
technology are from 1997 5 . According to that, 60 % of Finnish wage earners
used a microcomputer in their own job. The difference between Finland and
the Baltic countries in this respect is therefore great.
5 Quality of Work Life Survey, Statistics Finland.