Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2000

Variable Details

Variablespec19
LabelWhy not use internet - other
Responses
Awaiting installation at home - all the equipment is in place but no access yet. 1
Cannot Read or Write 1
Cannot afford it 1
Cannot justify need to have a computer 1
FEELS TOO OLD 1
I get other people to do it for me if required 1
It takes persona;l contact away and you like to se what you buy 1
Just don't use it. 1
NO REASON TO USE IT 1
Never at home 1
Never felt aneed to 1
Never found a need for it and ttoo expensive 1
Never got around to it 1
No use for it 1
PROBLEMS WITH MY COMPUTER 1
TOO OLD TO BOTHER 1
Too old 1
Too poor and too old 1
Wanted to learn how to use the computer first 1
at my age i dont think id have any use dforit 1
can't read well 1
cannot afford to 1
cant be bothered and feels too old 1
come too late for me 1
concerned about invasion of security 1
delighted to leave it all behind and have a simple life,we havn't got the time t just sit 1
do not have a reason to 1
do not have need for access to internet 1
do not have the need 1
do not need it 2
does have access from home 1
doesn't trust financial security 1
don't know what it is 1
don't need to use it and don't understand it and at my age i am not going to try 1
dont know anything about it 1
dont see the use of it 1
dont want it 1
dont want one 1
dont wish to get involved with 1
feel to old "just another world" 1
feels it has little relevance to her life 1
feels too old 1
had a stroke, not able to use screen or read words at moment 1
has the equip. but not yet set up the system 1
have not got round to using it 1
haven't got it - can't afford it - don't know much about it - haven't missed it 1
haven't got round to it but want to 1
haven't got round to learning yet 1
havent got ropund to it 1
i have never needed to and it doesn't interest me 1
i have only had the computer for one week so i am still learning 1
its of no value to me 1
just don't ever want to be bothered with it - my son does it for me - I don't know how to operate it and I dont wish to - I'm just hoping I can do without it - fetch things from Tesco myself - had enough of coming to terms with machinery myself in m 1
lack of english means not possible 1
language difficulties and just getting used to being in this coiuntry but very interested 1
leave it to my grandson - alright for the younger ones to get into but we were'nt bought up with these things- you'd have to go back to school to learn them 1
mental idleness 1
my husband gets all the information that i need from it 1
never got round to it 1
never had need to 1
never needed to - have friends that have it so don't need it ourselves 1
never thought about it 1
no need for it 2
no need to - wouldn't bother 1
no opportunity - children use it 1
none in particulaer 1
not a high priority at the moment 1
not got round to it 1
not had call to need it 1
not necessary for me - are there thing in punjabi on it? 1
not see good things 1
not set up yyet 1
not suitable for my needs 1
only had facility for 3 days havent had time to get used to it yet 1
only just inastalled equipment 1
partially blind 1
physically handicapped, rheumatoid arthrits 1
q 1
recently widowed and no inclination to learn how to access www 1
registered blind 1
respondent does not need it 1
sTOCKS & SHARES 1
see note 1
the occasion has not yet arisen. 1
think I need more equipment to go with the tele - a keyboard or something 1
to expensive 1
to old 3
to old and disabled 1
too complicated - I can only just put the video on - no need for the internet 1
too old 3
too old and set in my ways 1
too old for it, and it is too complicated 1
too old to l;earn 1
too old to learn 1
too old to start learning 1
too old,we don't need anything else 1
unavailable and lack of money# 1
waiting for NTL to dig up the street to give cable access 1
waiting to install it 1
we just don't have it 1
will have in 12 months 1
wouldnt know how to use i t wouldnt have any interest in it 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 2000
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD OTHER REASONS
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.