August 28th, 2009

Hungarian women overtake men on information superhighway

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Women make up the majority of web-surfers in today’s Hungary, according to a survey by Sanoma Budapest published on Thursday.

Around two million women, almost 20 percent of the population, regularly make use of the internet in Hungary, according to the media company’s survey.

The ratio of women surfers has risen to 53 percent in the first quarter of the year from 48 percent in the same period last year. Not only do they surf more often than men but they spend more time on the information superhighway.

Whereas men do most of their web activity in the evening, women — 85 percent of users live in towns and cities — like to spend time during the day using the internet.

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  1. Monika says:
    September 11, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    I wonder why. Is it the shopping? (better prices) Social websites? Learning and education?

  2. Anonymous says:
    September 11, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Sex sites, pure and simple.What else are women intrested in anyhow?

  3. klara says:
    September 12, 2009 at 6:02 am

    monika, i use it for practical reasons. no need to carry/misplace notes, just look things up as i go.

  4. PreRaphaelite says:
    September 13, 2009 at 12:36 am

    What super fucking highway? Glorified electronic boutiques selling to women who are inclined to spend more when the full moon rises. If you follow my drift.. “A spring clean for the May Queen”..according to Led Zeppelin.
    Juveniles(lads/boys) prefer electronic games with
    one hand on the gearstick and the other on the
    “merrymaker”!!!
    Classical literature nowadays is Harry Potter. A somewhat anaemic version of the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.
    Global warming, Gordon Bajnai,Treaty of Trianon revisited..whatever next??