Cyfryzacja osób będących na emeryturze w krajach europejskich w okresie pandemii COVID-19

Abstract

The use of digital technologies plays an increasingly important role in the daily lives of all European citizens, regardless of their age, place of residence, gender or health. The article aims to determine whether there has been a change in the level of pensioners' digital capability in European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article uses data on 14,788 respondents from the SHARE 50+ Corona Survey 2. Changes in the level of digitization were analyzed using classification trees and on the variables related to the acquisition of new technological skills, such as: searching for information on public services, financial management, and buying or selling items or services online. The obtained results indicate that the pensioners' digital capability during the COVID-19 pandemic increased in the younger age groups, between the ages of 50 and 70, as well as among retirees living in Greece. The change in the level of digitization is related to a greater extent to the frequency of making purchases via internet than to other variables.(original abstract)