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The Digital Lifestyle of Connected Nigerians Advance Report survey is a collaborative effort between the Centre for Information Technology and Development and Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, and it focuses on what Nigerians (who are currently resident in Nigeria) are doing to get (and/or stay) online, what internet services they use and other important questions.

Digital Lifestyle of Connected Nigerians Advance Report

For example, how many computers does the average connected Nigerian have? What internet service provider(s) are they subscribed to? What do they do when power supply is cut off? Where do they consider their primary place of access: home, office or public café?

Here are key findings, as reported by WebTrends Nigeria:

• 80% if the respondents users Yahoo! mail.
• 36% uses Gmail.
• Almost half of the respondents subscribe to an access plan that allows them to stay online all day long.
• 1 in every 2 internet users own generators that allow them to stay online
• About a quarter of the respondent are unemployed. (Please note that majority of the respondents (41%) are high school graduates)
• 42% claim to have suffered bodily harm due to the length of time spent online at one time, with various symptoms such as back ache, wrist pain, etc.
• Two in every three respondents stated that internet access has had an impact on their career/job
• 1 in every 3 agree that their tendency to stay online has made them replace social contacts with online communication.
• Half of the respondents have completed online transactions but only 4% have fallen victims of any form of cybercrime.
• 80% of the respondents have either a laptop a desktop computer.
• 28% uses cybercafe to gain access while 27% gain access from work.
• a whopping 57% spends between 1-5 hours online daily.
• 89% of respondents uses Facebook
• 21% uses MySpace while 20% uses LinkedIn
• 41% updates their Social network status once in a while,  only 11% updates always.