FOM: Public Opinion Foundation (Russia) > Polls "The Internet in Russia". 13th Release. Fall 2005

	Those used the Internet at least in the last:
	six months (six months audience) We call them "the Internet users"		three months (three months audience)		month (monthly audience)		week (weekly audience)		24 hrs (daily audience)
	%	million people	%	million people	%	million people	%	million people	%	million people
Fall 2002	8	8,7	7	7,6	6	6,5	4	4,6	2	2,1
Winter 2002-2003	9	9,6	8	8,7	7	7,7	5	5,5	3	2,8
Spring 2003	10	11,5	9	10,5	8	8,9	6	6,4	3	3,2
Summer 2003	11	12,1	10	10,8	8	9,0	6	6,1	3	3,0
Fall 2003	12	13,1	10	11,6	9	9,9	6	6,9	3	3,2
Winter 2003-2004	13	14,6	12	13,3	10	11,6	7	8,2	3	3,8
Spring 2004	14	14,9	12	13,7	11	12,0	8	8,5	4	3,3
Summer 2004	15	16,9	14	15,5	12	13,4	9	9,5	5	5,0
Fall 2004	16	17,3	14	15,7	12	13,7	9	10,1	5	5,5
Winter 2004-2005	16	17,6	15	16,0	13	14,2	9	10,3	5	5,2
Spring 2005	17	18,9	16	17,5	14	15,5	10	11,0	5	5,7
Summer 2005	19	20,9	17	18,9	15	16,1	10	11,2	5	5,9
Fall 2005	20	21,7	18	19,7	16	17,5	12	12,9	6	6,8
Difference Fall-Summer	1	0,8	1	0,7	1	1,3	2	1,7	1	0,9

2. Research Methodology

Data source: nationwide poll conducted once over two weeks

General population: the population of Russia 18+

Sample design: random stratified sample (employed for economic-geographical regions and urban/rural population), and a three-stage sample (administrative regions - polling stations - households)

Selected sample units: total of 63 provinces and republics, 98 regions, 203 urban and rural settlements, 314 polling stations.

Face-to-face interviews with 3000 respondents age 18 and older at the respondents' homes.

Method employed - Nielsen//NetRatings Inc. method of screening Internet users.
To each category of Internet users are assigned all those who in response to the question, "Have you ever used the Internet? If so, when did you last do so?" answered: "in the last twenty-four hours," "last week," "last month," "in the last three months," "in the last six months".

The Report 'Internet in Russia' is published 4 times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)
Calculations are made quarterly based on aggregate data. A total of 15-21,000 respondents were interviewed in the last 5-7 polls.

Comparison of Russia with other countries is done based on:Nielsen//NetRatings Global Internet Trends™ Regional Reports, Quarter 4, 2004; October - December 2004.

This release is based on the returns of six polls conducted in Fall 2005 (September-November) among a sample of 18,000 respondents.

3. Russian Regions

4. The Activity of Internet Usage

Note. Trends in the Internet use measured in million people see above.

5. The Internet access places

6. Internet expansion reserves

The assessment of respondents' desire to start using Internet was based on responses to following questions: "Do you want to use Internet? If yes, when do you plan to start using it?".
The respondents were only those who do not currently use Internet.

Assessment was made among those who responded:

"within one month",

"within three months ",

"within six months ",

"within a year ",

"more than in one year "

7. The structure of Internet users. Gender

8. The structure of the Internet users. Age

9. The structure of the Internet users. Education

10. The structure of the Internet users. Income

11. Reference

Distribution of Russian population by gender, age, education and income, % in the columns
REGIONS
RUSSIA Moscow Central (excludes Moscow) Northwestern Southern Volga Basin the Urals Siberian Far Eastern
GENDER
Males 48 49 48 48 47 48 48 47 45
Females 52 51 52 52 53 52 52 53 55
AGE
18-24 years old 16 15 16 15 17 16 16 16 17
25-34 years old 17 18 16 18 17 17 19 18 18
35-44 years old 17 18 17 17 17 18 17 16 17
45-54 years old 22 22 21 22 21 22 22 22 19
55+ 28 27 29 28 28 27 26 28 29
EDUCATION
primary 17 7 17 14 16 16 19 21 18
general secondary 36 26 37 37 36 39 38 33 36
special secondary 33 30 34 34 35 32 30 33 34
higher 14 37 13 16 13 12 12 12 12
PER CAPITA INCOME
$50 per month and less 23 3 20 10 38 27 26 25 15
$51-$99 per month 42 14 47 31 43 49 42 46 33
$100+ per month 35 84 33 59 19 24 32 29 51

Distribution of Russian population by regions, %
Moscow 8
Central (excludes Moscow) 19
Northwestern 10
Southern 14
Volga Basin 22
the Urals 8
Siberian 15
Far Eastern 5

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