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

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luctance to learn the use of new machines and new ways of working. On the
other hand, it is also possible that aged workers are not even offered an opportunity
to learn about and use new technical devices as often as the under-
50s are. More detailed research is called for on this subject. The scope of this
study does not allow a thorough examination of the reasons why the ageing
workers use information technology less than the others.
USE OF CELLULAR TELEPHONE IN ONE'S OWN JOB BY AGE
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
48%
44%
34%
43%
Under 30 years 30-49 years 50+ years All
38% 39%
21%
35%
35%
31% 31%
27%
ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA
A majority of the ageing workers (over 50 years old) in all the Baltic countries
do not use either a computer or a mobile phone in their job. Among the over-
50s in Latvia, a total of more than two-thirds (69 %) used neither of these in
their work. The corresponding proportion of ageing workers in Lithuania was
65 %, and in Estonia 57 %. These percentages are markedly higher than for
the younger age groups. In Estonia and Latvia, the greater part of the working
people under 50 have some kind of competence in information technology, in
other words a majority use a computer or/and a mobile phone on the job. In
Lithuania - where there is less use of information technology devices as tools
than in other Baltic countries - a majority in the younger age groups, too,
number among those who do not use either a computer or a mobile phone in
their work, the proportions being 55 % of the under-30s and 59 % of the 30-49
year olds.