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

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tries. Under half (43 %) of all the working people in Estonia used a mobile
phone in their work. In Latvia a little over one-third (35 %) did so; and in
Lithuania slightly fewer than one-third (31 %).
The profile of the mobile phone users differs from that of the computer users.
The mobile phones are specifically men's tools, whereas the women use computers
more commonly than men do. This phenomenon is the same in all the
Baltic countries. In Estonia, more than half of the men said they used a mobile
phone in their work; one-third of the women answered the same. In Latvia and
Lithuania, the men used mobile phones a little more seldom than in Estonia,
but the differences between the men and the women in this respect were just as
clear. For instance, in Lithuania 41 % of the men used a mobile phone in their
job, while the corresponding proportion for the women was only half as great
(21 %).
USE OF CELLULAR TELEPHONE IN ONE'S OWN JOB BY GENDER
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
54%
33%
43%
44%
27%
ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA
35%
Men Women All
The use of a mobile phone as a tool on the job is, like the use of a computer,
definitely less common among ageing workers (over 50s) than in the younger
age groups. The older workers may face great difficulties in adapting and
problems in staying in the labour markets, if the fact that they clearly utilise
modern information technology less than other age groups is linked to a re-
41%
21%
31%