Project title |
REACT. Internetul si exploatarea copiilor. Raport de cercetare- versiunea pentru copii. [Internet and children's exploitation. Research report].
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Country or countries |
Romania (RO); Italy (IT); Denmark (DK); Bulgaria (BG)
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Language(s) of report |
Romanian
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Funder of research |
EC
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Date of fieldwork |
2010
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Main research focus |
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Target group studied |
Children
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Description of studied group |
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Age of children studied |
11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18
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Methodology |
quantitative
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Size of sample |
116 children
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If survey, scope of sample |
Convenience sample
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| Topics covered |
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Activities
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| Findings |
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• Half of the children start using a mobile phone around the age of 10, most of them using the mobile to send/receive text messages (86% very often); the average age for first internet use is 11.7; 90% go online from home.
• 93% of children take part in online discussions, whether on instant messenger, Facebook, HI5 or Skype; 81% use these networks to stay in contact with friends and family, 69% to make new friends, 65% for fun. Others (22%) go online to find romantic partners; 15% go online because they feel lonely. Half of the children play online games with both friends and people they don’t know.
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| Further information |
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Relevant publications |
Munteanu D. (2010). Internetul si exploatarea copiilor. Raport de cercetare. REACT.Rezultatele studiului in Romania. http://anitp.mai.gov.ro/ro/docs/studii/studiu%20REACT_RO.pdfhttp://anitp.mai.gov.ro/ro/docs/studii/friendly%20raport_RO.pdf
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Report accessibility |
Printed or online report
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URL of report |
http://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/download.act...
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Dataset publicly available |
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Contact details of investigator |
Munteanu D.
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