A new US survey shows that mothers are more tech-savvy than given credit for, and that they play more games online than most other people.
The study was carried out by America Online subsidiary Digital Marketing Services` (DMS) Opinion Place online survey service.
It found that women over the age of 40 are more likely to play games than their husbands or even their teenage children.
The games survey, conducted online from mid-December to mid-January, established that women are inclined to favour word and puzzle games, and 20% of the women respondents say they have converted their online playing partners into offline friends.
The over 40-something women also say their online gaming means they spend less time doing other things such as watching TV, reading or being physically active. They play most of their games between midnight and 5am.
DMS`s latest survey dovetails with one carried out in April 2002, which also surveyed what moms were doing with their PCs. In that survey 50% of the moms said they were more technology-savvy than their husbands and children.
The moms also said they used the Internet mainly for keeping in contact with family and friends, either through letter-writing or instant messaging.
Some 82% of the moms said in the 2002 survey that they educated their children about using the Internet and 91% said the Internet made their lives easier. This survey also found that stay-at-home moms were more likely to have little pieces of children`s toys stuck in their keyboards, while those who work generally have bagel seeds and paper clips stuck in theirs.
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