The Internet Behaviour of Cypriots Cypriots' on-line shopping habits - and how they access the internet - show up in ‘e-cypriot 08’ survey.

The recently presented survey ‘e-cypriot 08’ on the activities of Cypriots on the Internet was conducted by OgilvyOne and the research company Evresis. The survey was conducted across Cyprus in a final sample of 969 internet users, aged 13 years and above, with the methodology of random multistage stratified sampling. The data was collected through telephone interviews from October 23 until November 6 2008.

The survey revealed that many Cypriots use the internet for shopping, purchasing mainly clothing (32.6%) and books (28.3%). ‘e-cypriot 08’ showed 49.1% of Cypriots who make online purchases spend more than €250 a year, and 12.7% spend more than €1,000. Asked whether they had purchased products from the internet within the last week, 16.8% answered yes. Moreover, the online behaviors of Cypriots range from obtaining general information (54.6%), for entertainment (45.1 per cent) and sports news (31.1 per cent).

According to the findings, 41.2% of those over 13 use the internet. The greatest use of the internet is seen in the workplace; according to the survey, 53.8% of the working people surveyed claim that they only use the internet at the office.