NewsWhore
09-08-2009, 04:30 PM
A survey carried out four years ago by graduate students Alvaro Belmar, Enilda Garcia and Maria Diaz Solis and only now being circulated, shows just how poor many students at the state university are.
Although Internet and phone connectivity has become a fixture in many Dominican homes over the last 10 years, these basic telecommunications services are considered a luxury for 90% of the public UASD University students.
According to a UASD survey of its students, only 10% have Internet service at home and only 40% have a phone line at home.
Hoy writes that many students depend on Internet centers at the university and don't buy personal computers.
The survey reveals that at least 6% of students don't have a TV but 32% have paid for cable service.
Only 75% of homes have running water, and 33% said they did not have electricity where they lived.
There are also financial difficulties for UASD students where in 11% of homes no one works, increasing the amount of pressure on students.
Forty three percent of students live in homes with two bedrooms or fewer and 78% of homes only have one bathroom.
Of those surveyed, 6.6% are responsible for the household's finances and 60% have no dependents at all.
More than 74% of UASD students use public transport and at least 70% of those students have never left the country.
In the DR, charges and taxes on Internet service raises its cost by 28%. The service is regarded as probably the most expensive in Latin America.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)
Although Internet and phone connectivity has become a fixture in many Dominican homes over the last 10 years, these basic telecommunications services are considered a luxury for 90% of the public UASD University students.
According to a UASD survey of its students, only 10% have Internet service at home and only 40% have a phone line at home.
Hoy writes that many students depend on Internet centers at the university and don't buy personal computers.
The survey reveals that at least 6% of students don't have a TV but 32% have paid for cable service.
Only 75% of homes have running water, and 33% said they did not have electricity where they lived.
There are also financial difficulties for UASD students where in 11% of homes no one works, increasing the amount of pressure on students.
Forty three percent of students live in homes with two bedrooms or fewer and 78% of homes only have one bathroom.
Of those surveyed, 6.6% are responsible for the household's finances and 60% have no dependents at all.
More than 74% of UASD students use public transport and at least 70% of those students have never left the country.
In the DR, charges and taxes on Internet service raises its cost by 28%. The service is regarded as probably the most expensive in Latin America.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)