Research Article

Sociodemographic characteristics of young people using internet cafés

Volume: 41 Number: 2 June 30, 2019
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Sociodemographic characteristics of young people using internet cafés

Abstract

Objective: The internet is a major phenomenon of today’s society since it gives easy access to information. Internet use is becoming increasingly widespread and area of use has been expanding. Based on figures from Turkish Statistical Institute, home internet access was 41.6% in 2010 and increased to 83.8% in 2018. Despite increases in household internet access, use of internet cafés is also on increase. The aim of the present study was to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of young people using internet cafés and the reasons why they prefer using internet cafes.

Method: The study was carried out on internet cafés registered by Tokat Health Provincial Directorate. Written consent was taken from participants and sociodemographic data questionnaire prepared by the investigators was completed by all subjects.

Results: All participants and interviewed people were male. Average age of the participants was 20.1±2.34. Forty-two of them (70%) had home internet access, while 18 (30%) did not. The main reason for using internet café was playing online games (42 participants, 70%). The participants mentioned that they used internet cafés 2-30 days in a month and 1-16 hours on a day.

Conclusions: In the present study dealing with the sociodemographic data of young people using internet cafés, it was found that people younger than 24 years prefer using these cafes and they could spend considerable amount of time and money there. In addition, which web sites were visited and which online games were played by young people, how often and how long they used these public places were also questioned.  

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2019

Submission Date

March 21, 2019

Acceptance Date

June 25, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 41 Number: 2

AMA
1.Özsoy F, Kulu M. Sociodemographic characteristics of young people using internet cafés. CMJ. 2019;41(2):335-340. doi:10.7197/223.vi.542983