Can any one explain what the 'third sector' is? I would have thought it was either public or private

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Have they considered that the 31% remaining don't want a computer - I know that my grandparents don't want a computer. Perhaps as the old people die off and generations move up, the numbers will decrease slowly - I can't think of many kids my age who don't have a computer.

Never heard of it before. I thought it would be charities, but googling suggests it means quangos. There's even an Office of the Third Sector in the cabinet.

BTW, does "those already at a disadvantage are three times more likely to be the ones missing out" mean anything more than "poor people can't afford to buy things"?

It's voluntary organisations.

they're counting associations ? Like the ones bringing used PC equipment to poor countries ?

It's the voluntary sector by a Strategy Boutiqued name.