This statistic displays the main reasons UK respondents gave for using computers, internet or software at public libraries as of 2012. The most common reasons for using technology at public libraries was for free internet acccess, at 34 percent of respondents who used public access computers in libraries.
What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Free internet access
34%
No other option for computer access
25%
No other option for internet access
16%
To work or be with friends or other people
9%
Faster internet than at home or work
7%
Better computer hardware/software than at home or work
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Technology & Social Change Group. (March 31, 2013). What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 14, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group. "What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months?." Chart. March 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed August 14, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group. (2013). What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 14, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group. "What Are The Main Reasons You Have Chosen to Use Computers, Internet and Software at Public Libraries in The Last 12 Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group, What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/ (last visited August 14, 2022)
