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Simona Kitanovska

UNBELIEVABLE: Nearly half of people over 65 still feel uncomfortable using the internet study finds - The Untold Story

Marie Rost helps 83-year-old Edward Jelen as he works on his laptop computer during an Introduction to Microsoft Word computer class at the State of Illinois building July 23, 2003 in Des Plaines, Illinois. A new poll of 1,987 older people revealed 45 percent don’t feel completely confident when using the internet. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Nearly half of people over 65 are ‘uncomfortable’ using the internet and would rather do the weekly food shop, go to the bank and book a holiday with a travel agent in person.

A poll of 1,987 older people revealed that 45 percent don’t feel completely confident when using the internet. As a result, 40 percent of those would rather run errands face-to-face than online, as well as browse their local garden center, shop for clothes in stores and purchase train tickets at the station.

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