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EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROSTAT Directorate F: Social Statistics and Information Society Unit F-4: Education, culture and science statistics

Doc. ESTAT/F4/2010-CS-10-EN

Version 10.05.2010

Meeting of the

Cultural Statistics Working Group

20-21 May 2010

Point 5.b) of the agenda:

Proposal of the pocketbook - cultural participation (use of ICT)

(draft analysis based on data from the ICT surveys)

For more information on the ICT statistics, please see Eurostat website:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/information_society/introduction

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IV CULTURAL PARTICIPATION

USE of ICT (annual ICT survey and special module 2008)

1.1 Use of computer

0 20 40 60 80 100

IS

NL

SE

LU

NO

DK

DE

UK

FI

AT

IE

SI

EU27

BE

FR

MT

ES

PL

EE

SK

HU

IT

CY

LV

CZ

LT

PT

MK

EL

RO

BG

Households having access to computer, 2006 and 2009

2006 2009

Data source: isoc_ci_cm_h

Exception to the reference year: FR:2007

• In 2009, 71% of the households in the EU had access to computer and this proportion grew by 10

percentage points between 2006 and 2009.

• In absolute terms the highest growth can be observed in the countries which were below the EU

average in 2006 like for instance PL, LV, CZ, RO, MK or SK or HU.

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• In nine northern European countries (FI, UK, DE, DK, NO, LU, SE, NL and IS) 80% or more

households were equipped with computer with the highest rate recorded in IS and NL (slightly

more than 90%).

BG

RO

GR

MK

PT

LT

CZ

LV

ITCY

HU

SK

EE

ES

PL

MT

FREU27

BE

SI

IE

ATFI

UK DE

DK

LU

SE

NO

NL

IS

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4

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12

14

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18

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28

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30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

% AAGR 2006-2009

% of households having acces to a computer in 2009

Data source: isoc_ci_cm_h

Exception to the reference period: FR: 2007-2009

• The graph presents the percentage of households with computers in 2009 and the average

annual growth rates of households with computer between 2006 and 2009.

• Northern European countries combine the high rate of households having a computer and low

growth rates.

• Countries where the percentage of households having access to a computer is below the EU

average show rapid increase of such share with average annual growth rates over than 12% LT,

LV, PL, CZ, BG, RO and MK.

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Every day o r almo st

A t least o nce a

week (but no t every

day)

A t least o nce a

mo nth (but no t every

week)

Less than o nce a mo nth

EU-27 77 16 5 1BE 79 17 3 1BG 77 19 3 1CZ 63 28 8 1DK 86 10 2 1DE 78 15 5 1EE 76 18 5IE 68 25 5 1EL 68 22 6 3ES 69 21 7 2FR 78 18 3 1IT 90 3 5 2CY 79 16 4 1LV 73 21 5 1LT 76 20 4 1LU 85 12 2 0HU 79 17 3 0MT 78 17 3 1NL 84 13 2 1AT 74 21PL 71 22 6 1PT 76 16 6 2RO 55 33 9 2SI 78 16 5 1SK 75 20 4 1FI 82 13 3SE 83 13 3 1UK 80 14 4 2IS 90 8 2NO 86 11 2 1MK 77 18 4 1RS 73 20 6 1

F requency o f use o f co mputers in the last 3 mo nths in 2009

0 20 40 60 80 100

EU-27

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

IS

NO

MK

RS

Frequency of computer use, 2009

Every day or almost

At least once a week (but not every day)

At least once a month (but not every week)

Less than once a month

Average percentage among individuals who used a computer within the last 3 months

Data source: isoc_ci_cfp_fu

• In 2009, 77% of the EU population declared using internet every day or almost every day. The

highest frequency of compute use is observed in the countries with the highest access to

computers.

• Less than 70% of surveyed persons used a computer on a daily basis in ES, EL, IE, CZ and RO.

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25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64

EU27 85 79 67 50

B E 91 85 77 59

B G 66 53 38 16

C Z 80 77 62 40

D K 97 94 91 79

D E 96 93 84 68

EE 95 86 67 46

IE 83 72 62 42

EL 70 58 40 18

ES 84 72 59 33

F R 90 85 71 55

IT 67 59 49 29

C Y 75 61 39 21

LV 89 77 59 36

LT 83 68 52 27

LU 97 92 89 80

H U 85 76 61 40

M T 77 70 52 27

N L 99 98 92 84

A T 94 88 76 55

P L 84 72 51 30

P T 82 60 41 27

R O 57 46 32 17

SI 87 82 63 35

SK 89 87 80 39

F I 99 97 92 72

SE 99 99 95 89

UK 94 93 84 77

IS 99 99 94 86

N O 99 96 92 84

M K 73 59 44 20

R S 72 62 42 17

Use o f co mputer in the last 3 mo nths by age in 2009

Data source: isoc_ci_cfp_cu


• A very high percentage of the youngest individuals declared using a computer in the last 3

months in all the surveyed countries.

• The use of computer by the oldest individuals varies significantly across countries. It ranges from

16% in BG, 17% in RO, 18% in EL to more than 80% in LU, NL, SE, IS and NO.

• In several countries (DK, DE, LU, NL, SE, UK, IS and NO) there is not significant differences in

computer use according to age.

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Lo w M edium H igh

EU27 46 75 92

B E 54 82 95

B G 18 45 80

C Z 48 62 94

D K 77 90 97

D E 69 81 92

EE 58 69 85

IE 37 76 92

EL 19 60 80

ES 39 82 92

F R 56 91 94

IT 27 68 83

C Y 23 55 84

LV 53 61 87

LT 43 53 88

LU 77 94 99

H U 39 77 87

M T 41 88 96

N L 76 95 98

A T 52 79 96

P L 41 57 91

P T 36 91 95

R O 21 47 91

SI 42 65 94

SK 72 94

F I 68 86 97

SE 78 92 98

UK 54 89 97

IS 87 95 98

N O 84 89 99

M K 32 61 83

R S 28 63 77

Individuals using co mputer in the last 3 mo nths by level o f educatio n

in 2009

0 20 40 60 80 100

EU27

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

IS

NO

MK

RS

Use of computer by ISCED level, 2009

Low Medium High

D

Data source: isoc_ci_cfp_cu


• Significant disparities exist in use of computers according to educational attainment level.

• The proportion of individuals using a computer is higher among those with a “high” educational

attainment level than others. Marked disparities exist between persons with low and person

with high educational attainment level (the differences are about 50 percentage points in the

majority of countries).

• Differences between educational attainment level are less important in DK, DE, LU, NL, SE, IS and

NO and might be linked to the number of households having access to a computer.

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Female MaleEU27 66 71BE 72 79BG 43 46CZ 62 66DK 86 88DE 77 84EE 72 71IE 69 66EL 43 51ES 60 67FR 72 72IT 44 54CY 50 57LV 65 65LT 59 61LU 82 93HU 61 64MT 58 61NL 87 93AT 71 80PL 58 61PT 47 56RO 41 44SI 64 66SK 73 76FI 84 84SE 91 91UK 82 87IS 92 94NO 88 94MK 53 58RS 45 54

Use of computer in the last 3 months by sex in

2009

0 20 40 60 80 100

EU27

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

IS

NO

MK

RS

Use of computer by sex, 2009

Female

Male

Data source : isoc_ci_cfp_cu


• There are no major differences in use of computer according to gender. The major differences

(close to 10 percentage points’ on men’s favour) are observed in IT, LU, AT, PT and RS.

• Use of computer is a little more widespread among women than men in EE and IE.

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1.1. Use of internet

2006 2009 A A GR

EU-27 49 65 10

B E 54 67 7

B G 17 30 21

C Z 29 54 23

D K 79 83 2

D E 67 79 6

EE 46 63 11

IE 50 67 10

GR 23 38 18

ES 39 54 11

F R 41 63 15

IT 40 53 10

C Y 37 53 13

LV 42 58 11

LT 35 60 20

LU 70 87 8

H U 32 55 20

M T 53 64 6

N L 80 90 4

A T 52 70 10

P L 36 59 18

P T 35 48 11

R O 14 38 39

SI 54 64 6

SK 27 62 32

F I 65 78 6

SE 77 86 4

UK 63 77 7

IS 83 90 3

N O 69 86 8

M K 14 42 44

R S 37

H o useho lds having access to the Internet at ho me,

0 20 40 60 80 100

BG

RS

RO

EL

MK

PT

CY

IT

CZ

ES

HU

LV

PL

LT

SK

FR

EE

MT

SI

EU-27

IE

BE

AT

UK

FI

DE

DK

NO

SE

LU

NL

IS

Households having acess to internet at home, 2006

and 2009

2006 2009

Data source: isoc_ci_in_h

• In the EU, 65% of households were connected to internet at home, it is 16 percentage points higher

than in 2006. In IS, NL, LU, SE, NO and DK over 80% of households had access to internet at home.

• Significant differences exist between northern European countries and the most recent Member

States, however an important progression of internet access in those countries can be observed.

• The lowest percentages of households having access to internet at home (40% and less) were

recorded in MK, EL, RO, RS and BG but it has doubled between 2006 and 2009 in some of these

countries.

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23

33

24

34

46

39

47

49

51

51

50

51

50

42

62

57

63

56

56

63

54

58

69

74

65

76

79

78

71

77

87

30

37

38

38

42

48

53

53

54

54

55

58

59

60

62

63

63

64

64

65

67

67

70

77

78

79

83

86

86

87

90

90

0 20 40 60 80 100

BG

RS

EL

RO

MK

PT

IT

CY

CZ

ES

HU

LV

PL

LT

SK

EE

FR

MT

SI

EU27

BE

IE

AT

UK

FI

DE

DK

SE

NO

LU

NL

IS

Households with broadband connection, 2009

Broadband connection

All types of internent acces

Data source: isoc_ci_it_h and isoc_ci_in_h

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A ll Lo w M edium H igh

EU27 65 43 71 91

B E 75 53 81 94

B G 42 17 42 77

C Z 60 46 58 91

D K 86 75 89 96

D E 77 66 77 89

EE 71 58 69 84

IE 65 35 73 91

GR 42 15 54 75

ES 60 34 78 90

F R 69 53 89 93

IT 46 24 65 82

C Y 48 21 47 79

LV 64 53 60 86

LT 58 42 50 87

LU 86 75 92 99

H U 59 36 73 85

M T 58 39 86 96

N L 89 75 94 98

A T 72 46 75 95

P L 56 38 52 89

P T 46 30 87 93

R O 33 17 35 84

SI 62 40 61 93

SK 70 67 91

F I 82 66 84 96

SE 90 77 91 97

UK 82 50 86 95

IS 93 86 94 98

N O 91 84 89 98

M K 50 29 54 79

R S 38 16 50 73

Indiv iduals who used the Internet in the last 3 mo nths by level o f educatio n in 2009

Data source: isoc_ci_ifp_iu

• At the EU level 91% of people with tertiary education and 71% with a ‘medium’ educational

attainment (at most upper secondary education) and 43% of persons with a ‘low’ education level

(at most lower secondary education) declared having used internet in the last 3 months.

• The difference is significantly marked between the ‘low’ and ‘high’ educational attainment levels

in the following countries: BG, EL, ES, PT, RO and RS. The lowest gaps are observed in: DK, DE,

EE, LU, NL, FI, SE, IS and NO.

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All 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64EU27 65 82 75 63 46BE 75 90 85 76 57BG 42 63 50 35 15CZ 60 77 73 57 36DK 86 96 94 90 77DE 77 95 91 80 61EE 71 95 86 67 46IE 65 82 70 58 38GR 42 64 52 33 14ES 60 80 68 55 29FR 69 90 80 68 51IT 46 64 55 46 26CY 48 68 54 33 17LV 64 89 77 57 35LT 58 80 66 50 25LU 86 97 90 87 78HU 59 80 71 58 37MT 58 74 68 50 25NL 89 98 97 90 82AT 72 89 84 71 50PL 56 80 66 47 27PT 46 77 53 36 21RO 33 46 34 23 11SI 62 87 76 56 32SK 70 86 82 73 34FI 82 99 96 91 69SE 90 99 98 94 86UK 82 93 91 81 72IS 93 100 99 93 86NO 91 99 97 92 82MK 50 63 50 40 17RS 38 58 46 33 13

Individuals who used the Internet in the last 3 months by age in 2009

Data source: isoc_ci_ifp_iu

• The use of the internet is strongly correlated with age. The highest proportions of individuals

using internet can be found among the youngest age group 25-34, and the lowest among the

oldest age group.

• However in some countries the difference between ages in terms of the ratio youngest age

group over oldest age group are significantly lower than the average: BE, DK, DE, LU, NL, FI, SE,

UK, IS, NO.

• The biggest gaps in relative terms can be observed in BG, EL, CY, PT, RO and RS.

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1.3. Use of internet for advanced communication activities, 2008 - special module

Advanced communication services

Instant messaging (real-time communication with others by typed text)

Posting messages to chat sites, newsgroups or on-line discussion forum

Reading weblogs or blogs

Creating or maintaining own weblog or blog

Telephoning or video calls over the Internet

EU27 57 35 26 25 6 26BE 41 24 18 19 7 20BG 65 15 32 17 4 50CZ 53 28 10 14 4 38DK 56 37 27 22 9 28DE 53 26 37 17 3 20EE 58 41 23 25 6 29IE 33 14 13 14 5 15EL 50 35 22 26 6 22ES 65 54 26 31 9 21FR 72 47 16 37 10 47IT 46 21 21 29 7 22CY 49 38 15 12 3 24LV 63 30 41 16 6 40LT 67 56 28 19 3 46LU 70 52 31 34 12 35HU 68 44 38 32 4 36MT 51 26 25 19 4 26NL 58 35 24 30 11 21AT 41 19 21 18 4 18PL 71 58 32 14 2 35PT 75 63 26 50 11 29RO 65 48 26 16 4 35SI 56 38 28 31 4 18SK 66 38 37 17 4 45FI 61 35 30 38 5 20SE 54 28 22 37 6 18UK 47 29 20 21 7 17IS 82 56 19 66 15 29NO 62 45 25 34 8 28MK 79 45 30 25 8 57

Individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months for:

Data source: isoc_cias_com

Special module 2008: Individuals - Use of advanced services

Percentage of individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months; reference age group: 16-74

• At the EU level, 57% of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months declare that they used

advanced communication services involving chat, on-line discussion, blogging or telephoning. Such

percentage was over 70 % in LU, PL, FR, PT, MK, IS.

• Among five identified advanced communication services, instant messaging remains the most

popular and was used by 35% of internet users. Participating in the on-line discussion forums,

reading blogs or telephoning each attracted about 25% of internet users at EU level.

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All Low Medium High AllDensely

populatedIntermediat

e Sparsely

populated

EU27 57 62 55 57 EU27 57 60 53 56BE 41 46 41 39 BE 41 47 34 48BG 65 69 64 64 BG 65 69 60 57CZ 53 70 49 58 CZ 53 57 55 48DK 56 63 51 56 DK 56 62 55 50DE 53 62 51 48 DE 53 56 50 48EE 58 70 56 56 EE 58 64 61 53IE 33 33 29 37 IE 33 42 37 21EL 50 50 50 49 EL 50 53 63 42ES 65 63 68 64 ES 65 66 64 61FR 72 70 78 71 FR 72 73 71 71IT 46 46 45 47 IT 46 48 45 44CY 49 63 45 48 CY 49 49 39 52LV 63 78 60 59 LV 63 63 68 62LT 67 74 65 66 LT 67 72 61LU 70 69 69 71 LU 70 71 68 72HU 68 68 70 67 HU 68 68 69 68MT 51 45 52 59 MT 51 51 52 45NL 58 59 59 57 NL 58 61 59 54AT 41 61 36 46 AT 41 49 40 34PL 71 83 68 70 PL 71 72 70 69PT 75 68 81 81 PT 75 76 73 77RO 65 67 61 69 RO 65 68 75 58SI 56 71 53 56 SI 56 58 58 53SK 66 77 64 68 SK 66 71 64FI 61 65 59 59 FI 61 66 64 57SE 54 57 50 58 SE 54 60 54 52UK 47 36 48 50 UK 47 49 44 43IS 82 81 80 85 IS 82 82 81NO 62 67 55 62 NO 62 68 63 58MK 79 84 78 78 MK 79

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for advanced communication services

by education level, 2008

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for advanced communication services by

degree of urbanisation, 2008




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AllRetired

and other inactive

Employed Students Unemployed

EU27 57 45 54 85 62BE 41 32 36 73 52BG 65 64 62 75 65CZ 53 43 48 81 42DK 56 33 53 94DE 53 40 50 91 59EE 58 52 53 88 71IE 33 19 32 54 44EL 50 42 43 76 51ES 65 47 62 92 69FR 72 68 69 96 68IT 46 33 42 69 51CY 49 55 41 75 66LV 63 59 58 85 61LT 67 64 63 82 62LU 70 59 67 96 66HU 68 62 66 84 74MT 51 40 49 77 41NL 58 47 58 92 76AT 41 32 38 84 41PL 71 60 66 88 66PT 75 64 71 94 78RO 65 58 62 71 64SI 56 34 48 87 66SK 66 53 62 91 66FI 61 59 56 89 59SE 54 39 52 86 73UK 47 32 47 81 65IS 82 61 81 97NO 62 51 61 94 76MK 79 86 72 88 80

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for advanced communication services by occupational status,

2008


Special module 2008: Individuals - Use of advanced services Percentage of individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months; reference age group: 16-74

• The table shows how the use of internet for advanced communication services is linked to the

younger generations (students). However, a high percentage of unemployed people also use

internet for this purposes. Less than 50% of the retired people or inactive people, used internet

for advanced communication purposes.

• Students (85%) and unemployed (62%) are the groups that most used internet in the last 3

months for advanced communication services at EU-27 level.

• More than 90% of students in IS, FR, LU, DK, PT, NO, ES, NL, DE and SK used internet for

advanced communication services in the last 3 months. Italian and Irish students with 69% and

54% respectively showed lower percentages.

• A high percentage (more than 75%) of unemployed people in PT, NL, NO and MK used internet

for advances communication services in the last three months.

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All 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64

EU27 57 83 65 49 43 40BE 41 67 47 34 30 26BG 65 76 68 56 55 45CZ 53 77 60 43 37 30DK 56 92 77 52 41 34DE 53 85 64 47 39 34EE 58 84 66 51 37 28IE 33 55 40 23 14 17EL 50 70 51 34 38 38ES 65 91 71 53 44 45FR 72 96 75 65 62 63IT 46 67 51 39 35 32CY 49 74 48 35 25 32LV 63 82 68 55 43 37LT 67 82 70 57 55 45LU 70 95 75 65 58 59HU 68 82 70 63 65 57MT 51 70 56 34 35 29NL 58 91 69 55 44 41AT 41 69 47 33 31 29PL 71 87 77 59 54 48PT 75 93 82 68 57 60RO 65 70 69 60 50 50SI 56 86 60 46 33 27SK 66 87 65 61 52 51FI 61 88 74 52 46 45SE 54 87 70 47 39 36UK 47 80 57 38 34 28IS 82 98 91 82 70 70NO 62 95 79 54 49 37MK 79 85 80 78 68 71

Individuals having used internet in the last 3 months for advanced communication services by age, 2008




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populatedIntermediat

e Sparsely

populated

EU27 57 62 55 57 EU27 26 27 25 24BE 41 46 41 39 BE 18 20 14 22BG 65 69 64 64 BG 32 32 30 31CZ 53 70 49 58 CZ 10 11 9 9DK 56 63 51 56 DK 27 34 25 21DE 53 62 51 48 DE 37 40 36 33EE 58 70 56 56 EE 23 25 37 21IE 33 33 29 37 IE 13 16 15 8EL 50 50 50 49 EL 22 23 29 18ES 65 63 68 64 ES 26 27 24 25FR 72 70 78 71 FR 16 16 19 15IT 46 46 45 47 IT 21 23 20 20CY 49 63 45 48 CY 15 16 18 9LV 63 78 60 59 LV 41 39 40 43LT 67 74 65 66 LT 28 31 25LU 70 69 69 71 LU 31 30 29 36HU 68 68 70 67 HU 38 36 39 40MT 51 45 52 59 MT 25 27 20 20NL 58 59 59 57 NL 24 26 23 23AT 41 61 36 46 AT 21 25 20 17PL 71 83 68 70 PL 32 33 31 32PT 75 68 81 81 PT 26 25 28 29RO 65 67 61 69 RO 26 28 13 22SI 56 71 53 56 SI 28 31 27 27SK 66 77 64 68 SK 37 41 35FI 61 65 59 59 FI 30 34 30 28SE 54 57 50 58 SE 22 23 23 21UK 47 36 48 50 UK 20 22 15 19IS 82 81 80 85 IS 19 20 16NO 62 67 55 62 NO 25 32 22 23MK 79 84 78 78 MK 30

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for for posting messages to chat sites,

newsgroups or on-line discussion forum by education level, 2008

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for for posting messages to chat sites,

newsgroups or on-line discussion forum by degree of urbanisation, 2008




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AllRetired

and other inactive

Employed Students Unemployed

EU27 26 15 23 51 33BE 18 10 14 43 21BG 32 20 28 46 28CZ 10 4 8 22 9DK 27 9 23 63DE 37 25 35 79 45EE 23 18 18 57 25IE 13 5 11 29 20EL 22 14 16 47 18ES 26 17 23 41 31FR 16 5 15 34 26IT 21 9 16 49 28CY 15 16 11 31 9LV 41 37 34 71 44LT 28 16 23 49 21LU 31 12 28 65 24HU 38 31 35 57 37MT 25 10 25 47 28NL 24 14 25 52 35AT 21 12 17 62 21PL 32 17 27 53 27PT 26 13 21 46 33RO 26 11 22 36 27SI 28 10 21 57 29SK 37 20 31 68 40FI 30 21 26 59 35SE 22 7 20 52 36UK 20 12 19 49IS 19 16 39NO 25 14 23 65 31MK 30 22 40 27

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for for posting messages to chat sites, newsgroups or on-line

discussion forum by occupational status, 2008




• In the EU, 26% of the individuals who used internet in the last three months used it to post

messages to chat sites, newsgroups or on-line discussion forums.

• Out of the countries studied, LV shows the highest percentage (41%) of internet users of these

services, followed by HU, DE and SK.

• Percentages of individuals using such services were high among students in DE and LV (more than

70%) and among retired and other inactive in LV and HU (more than 30 %).

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All 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 Y65_74

EU27 26 50 31 19 14 10 8BE 18 39 18 13 10 8 6BG 32 46 34 24 17 14 0CZ 10 19 11 5 4 2 7DK 27 61 47 20 10 7 4DE 37 75 48 31 23 17 14EE 23 50 24 14 6IE 13 29 15 5 4EL 22 38 22 13 8 9 4ES 26 42 29 19 14 14 10FR 16 34 22 13 8 7IT 21 46 26 12 10 8 3CY 15 28 13 8 4 6 0LV 41 67 43 30 19 12 9LT 28 49 28 15 12 8 5LU 31 64 37 26 18 9 12HU 38 54 39 35 30 27 26MT 25 41 28 16 12 8 14NL 24 52 35 20 14 8 9AT 21 50 25 13 10 7PL 32 50 35 22 17 11PT 26 45 34 14 9 9RO 26 36 26 18 13 9SI 28 54 28 18 13 11 6SK 37 64 37 24 22 15 35FI 30 59 42 23 16 11 11SE 22 54 32 15 11 5 3UK 20 46 27 14 8IS 19 43 23 13 9NO 25 59 37 20 10 2 0MK 30 41 28 17 22

Individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for for posting messages to chat sites, newsgroups or on-line discussion forum by age, 2008




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populatedIntermediate

Sparsely populated

EU27 6 8 5 6 EU27 6 7 6 6BE 7 11 7 5 BE 7 8 6 12BG 4 4 3 6 BG 4 5 6 2CZ 4 6 4 5 CZ 4 4 5 4DK 9 10 9 9 DK 9 12 7 8DE 3 5 3 DE 3 3 3EE 6 11 6 4 EE 6 6 7IE 5 6 4 5 IE 5 6 6 3EL 6 5 7 6 EL 6 7 8 5ES 9 10 10 9 ES 9 10 9 8FR 10 10 10 9 FR 10 8 9 13IT 7 9 7 6 IT 7 8 6 7CY 3 3 3 3 CY 3 3 2 2LV 6 9 5 6 LV 6 7 8 4LT 3 3 2 2 LT 3 3 2LU 12 16 11 8 LU 12 11 12 15HU 4 3 5 5 HU 4 4 4 4MT 4 5 3 5 MT 4 4 9 0NL 11 13 12 8 NL 11 11 12 11AT 4 11 3 5 AT 4 6 4 4PL 2 6 1 PL 2 2 2PT 11 11 12 11 PT 11 9 16 12RO 4 3 3 6 RO 4 5 3SI 4 6 3 6 SI 4 6 4 3SK 4 5 4 5 SK 4 4 4FI 5 5 5 4 FI 5 5 3 5SE 6 10 5 4 SE 6 5 5 6UK 7 7 7 UK 7 8 6IS 15 19 15 11 IS 15 14 18NO 8 10 6 7 NO 8 6 7 9MK 8 8 9 MK 8

Individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months, for creating or maintaining own weblog or blog by education level, 2008

Individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months, for creating or maintaining own weblog

or blog by degree of urbanisation, 2008




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AllRetired

and other inactive

Employed Students Unemployed All 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

EU27 6 3 5 15 8 EU27 6 14 8 3 3 2 1BE 7 3 5 22 9 BE 7 20 6 4 3 2 1BG 4 0 4 7 : BG 4 5 5 4 2 4 0CZ 4 3 4 9 3 CZ 4 7 4 3 3 2 4DK 9 4 8 17 : DK 9 19 15 7 4 4 1DE 3 : 2 10 : DE 3 8 : : : : :EE 6 : 5 16 : EE 6 13 5 5 : : :IE 5 :: 4 12 : IE 5 11 6 2 : : :EL 6 11 5 10 2 EL 6 9 7 4 7 1 3ES 9 4 7 24 9 ES 9 21 10 5 4 3 4FR 10 : 7 27 : FR 10 24 12 4 : : :IT 7 3 4 21 9 IT 7 19 7 4 2 2 :CY 3 2 2 5 4 CY 3 5 3 1 1 1 0LV 6 7 4 12 5 LV 6 10 7 4 1 1 2LT 3 1 2 5 0 LT 3 5 3 1 1 0 1LU 12 10 10 29 4 LU 12 29 10 10 6 10 2HU 4 3 4 5 6 HU 4 5 5 4 3 4 2MT 4 2 3 11 0 MT 4 7 5 1 2 0 0NL 11 8 11 21 7 NL 11 25 14 9 6 6 2AT 4 : 4 12 : AT 4 10 4 4 : : :PL 2 : : 5 : PL 2 5 : : : : :PT 11 : 9 21 : PT 11 20 13 6 : : :RO 4 : 4 5 3 RO 4 5 4 3 2 3 :SI 4 1 3 7 15 SI 4 8 7 1 0 1 0SK 4 0 4 8 6 SK 4 7 5 2 3 0 0FI 5 4 4 8 7 FI 5 8 10 3 2 1 2SE 6 2 4 16 12 SE 6 15 9 3 2 1 1UK 7 : 6 : : UK 7 19 11 : : : :IS 15 8 12 34 : IS 15 34 23 10 4 : :NO 8 7 7 22 16 NO 8 18 10 8 4 0 2MK 8 0 6 11 : MK 8 10 : : : : 0

Individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months, for creating or maintaining own weblog or blog by

occupational status, 2008

Individuals who used Internet in the last 3 months, for creating or maintaining own weblog or blog by age, 2008




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1.4. Use of internet for leisure activities related to obtaining and sharing audiovisual content,

special module 2008

0

10

20

30

40

50

Games

Movies

Music

Peer-to-peer

Playing networked gamesPodcasting

Using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS) for reading new content on websites

Uploading self-created content

Listening to radio/watching TV

Use of internet for leisure activities by sex, EU-27, 2008

Females

Males

Data source: icos_cias_av



• As a general pattern, male tend to use more internet for the leisure activities described than

women.

• Listening to music is the internet leisure activity which is preferred by both men (45%) and

women (33%) followed by listening to Radio/ watching TV, (38% of men and 37% of women).

• Gender difference in leisure activities in the internet is especially marked for playing games:

more than twice as many men than women dedicate time to this activity.

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0

10

20

30

40

50

Games

Movies

Music

Peer-to-peer

Playing networked games

Podcasting

Using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS)

for reading new content on websites



Use of internet for leisure activities by ISCED level, EU-27, 2008

Low

Medium

High

• Listening to music in the internet is the preferred leisure internet activity whatever the

educational attainment level, followed by listening to radio and watching TV.

• While playing games and playing networked games is most common among people with a ‘low’

educational attainment level, using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS) for reading new content

on websites is used mostly by people with a ‘high’ educational attainment level.

23

0

10

20

30

40

50

Games

Movies

Music

Peer-to-peer


Using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS) for reading new content on

websites



Use of internet for leisure activities by degree of urbanisation, EU-27, 2008

Densely

Intermediate

Sparsely

.

• Degree of urbanisation has a little impact on the use of Internet for leisure activities - this

practice is slightly more frequent in the urban areas.

24

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Games

Movies

Music

Peer-to-peer

Playing networked games

Podcasting

Using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS) for reading new content on

websites



Use of internet for leisure activities by occupational status, EU-27, 2008

Employed

Students

Unemployed

Retired and other inactive

• Listening to music on the internet is the most common leisure activity among the four activity

statuses studied, followed by listening to radio/ watching TV.

• Watching movies is also very popular especially among students who used internet in the last

three months (more than 50%).

• Games and playing networked games is left mostly for students and unemployed. Podcasting in

the least popular activity among the ones under study.

25

0

10

20

30

40

50

Games

Movies

Music

Peer-to-peer


Using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS) for reading new content on websites



Use of internet for leisure activities by age, EU-27, 2008

25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64

• Very clearly, the use of Internet for leisure activities decreases with age. The young people use

Internet particularly for listening music, listening to radio and watching tv and movies. For older

people, the main preferences are the same but at he lower level of frequency.

26

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

EU27

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

IS

NO

MK

leisure activities related to obtaining and sharing audiovisual content as a % of all individuals

• The Scandinavian individuals, together with people from Luxembourg and the Netherlands

present the highest percentage (more than 50%) that use internet in order to obtain and share

audiovisual content.

• On the other end persons in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Romania are less keen on using

internet for obtaining and sharing audiovisual content.

27

Leisure act ivit ies related to o btaining and sharing audio visual co ntent

D o wnlo ading/ listening to / watching/ playing music, f ilms and/ o r games

Listening to Web radio s and/ o r watching Web telev isio n

P laying netwo rked games with o thers

P eer-to -peer f ile sharing fo r exchanging mo vies, music, video f iles

P o dcast service to auto mat ica lly receive audio o r video f iles o f interest

Using bro wser based news feeds (e .g. R SS) fo r reading new co ntent o n websites

Uplo ading self -c reated co ntent ( text , images , pho to s , v ideo s , music, etc.) to any website to be shared

EU27 61 49 33 12 11 6 10 19

BE 45 36 22 11 6 3 5 8

BG 70 64 37 21 16 2 2 7

CZ 45 37 23 11 2 1 4 3

DK 68 50 44 17 6 7 11 16

DE 57 48 27 10 3 6 4 19

EE 55 41 28 9 14 8 11 32

IE 43 34 21 7 5 6 5 13

EL 63 54 41 16 13 4 4 12

ES 70 57 41 12 34 9 20 14

FR 70 58 35 10 8 4 19 25

IT 50 39 21 8 10 7 9 16

CY 56 46 30 14 13 4 8 15

LV 69 58 39 19 25 7 8 32

LT 67 62 36 18 22 3 7 14

LU 71 56 45 12 9 8 9 19

HU 63 56 30 21 8 4 10 29

MT 72 65 43 17 19 8 5 11

NL 70 57 52 9 11 4 5 22

AT 44 34 18 9 4 3 6 11

PL 64 51 37 19 17 7 12 15

PT 64 50 41 17 23 5 8 17

RO 67 60 24 21 16 6 5 19

SI 67 54 47 15 27 8 14 18

SK 58 47 26 13 10 3 12 7

FI 65 46 40 14 7 5 23 11

SE 63 42 48 11 12 5 11 17

UK 60 47 35 11 12 9 12 24

IS 75 45 63 10 9 11 9 22

NO 71 51 47 12 19 8 32 13

MK 82 71 36 20 9 5 29 13

P ercentage o f individua ls who used Internet in the las t 3 mo nths fo r:




• In most of the countries studied, individuals who used internet in the last 3 months mainly used

it for downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or games.

• This statement does not hold true for Sweden and Iceland, where listening to Web radios and/or

watching Web television was a more common activity.

• Podcast service to automatically receive audio or video files of interest is the least common

activity but it exceeds 10% in Iceland.

• Peer-to-peer file sharing for exchanging movies, music, video files is a very popular activity in

Spain (34%) and also in LV, LT, PT, SI.

28

1.5. Individuals using Internet for downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or

games (in the last 3 months)

Music

Movies, films and video files Video games

EU27 38 29 15BE 31 15 9BG 51 51 18CZ 28 22 8DK 36 27 13DE 26 30 24EE 34 31 17IE 28 14 8EL 46 28 15ES 52 42 13FR 49 30 9IT 33 22 9CY 38 26 17LV 47 49 21LT 55 50 22LU 45 32 11HU 47 33 22MT 56 29 25NL 46 33 18AT 23 13 8PL 38 29 14PT 42 28 17RO 52 40 26SI 44 42 16SK 39 30 17FI 39 16 9SE 34 23 9UK 39 24 13IS 33 31 10NO 44 22 16MK 65 41 23

Individuals who used Internet for downloading/listening/watching as a % of individuals who used internet in the

last 3 months

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

MK

MT

LT

ES

RO

BG

FR

LV

HU

EL

NL

LU

SI

NO

PT

SK

FI

UK

EU27

CY

PL

DK

EE

SE

IT

IS

BE

CZ

IE

DE

AT

Individuals who used internet for

downloading/listening/watching films and music,

2008

Movies, films and video files Music



Reference age group: 16-74

• Music download was the most extended kind of download among Europeans (38%). While this

statement held true for most countries, higher percentages of individuals downloading movies,

films and video files were found in Germany and Latvia.

• Downloading video games is particularly popular (more than 20%) in RO, DE, LT, LV, HU and MK.

29

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

MK MT LT ES RO BG FR LV HU EL NL LU SI NO PT SK FI UK EU27 CY PL DK EE SE IT IS BE CZ IE DE AT

Individuals who used internet for downloading/listening/watching as a % of individuals who used internet in the last

3 months, 2008

Music Movies, films and video files Video games




30

30 40 50 60 70 80 90

MK

IS

MT

LU

NO

BG

ES

FR

NL

LV

DK

LT

RO

SI

FI

PL

PT

EL

HU

SE

EU27

UK

SK

DE

CY

EE

IT

BE

CZ

AT

IE

Use of internet for leisure activities by sex as a % of individuals

who used internet in the last 3 months, 2008

Males Females

Data source: icos_cias_av ; Special module 2008: Individuals - Use of advanced services


• As a general pattern, the majority of the individuals who used internet in the last 3 months for

leisure activities were men (both at EU-27 level and at national level).

• Gender gap is higher in DE, CY, EE and SK than in other countries.

31

0 20 40 60 80

AT

BE

IE

CZ

IT

SE

DE

EE

IS

FI

DK

PL

EU27

CY

PT

SK

UK

NO

GR

SI

LU

HU

ES

FR

MT

RO

NL

LV

BG

LT

MK

Downloading/listening/watching music and/or films by sex

Females Males




• In all the countries under review, the share of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months

to download, listen and watch music and/or films was higher among men than among women.

• At EU-27 level, 51% of the men who used internet in the last 3 months did if for downloading,

listening or watching music and/ or films against 38% of women.

• The greatest gender differences are found in LV and CY followed by SK and NL.

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All areasDensely populated Intermediate Sparsely

EU27 49 52 46 47

B E 36 40 32 41

B G 64 63 68 67

C Z 37 37 33 39

D K 50 54 50 46

D E 48 52 45 43

EE 41 44 53 38

IE 34 40 37 24

EL 54 56 60 49

ES 57 58 58 54

F R 58 61 56 52

IT 39 39 39 40

C Y 46 45 42 50

LV 58 57 68 59

LT 62 63 61

LU 56 57 52 63

H U 56 53 56 60

M T 65 67 64 46

N L 57 59 58 54

A T 34 39 32 29

P L 51 52 51

P T 50 50 49 52

R O 60 62 35 57

SI 54 49 54 57

SK 47 52 45

F I 46 50 49 42

SE 42 45 40 42

UK 47 49 48 39

IS 45 47 39

N O 51 54 47 52

M K 71

Individuals used Internet for downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or games (% of

ind in the last 3 months)




33

All

Retired and other inactive Employed Students Unemployed

EU27 49 33 47 80 53

B E 36 22 31 75 46

B G 64 50 57 86 78

C Z 37 25 31 65 46

D K 50 30 49 78

D E 48 33 47 81 50

EE 41 36 36 71 58

IE 34 20 31 57 47

EL 54 45 46 83 60

ES 57 38 54 86 59

F R 58 37 57 88 55

IT 39 23 33 67 47

C Y 46 52 37 76 57

LV 58 53 53 86 57

LT 62 48 56 87 66

LU 56 25 57 90 43

H U 56 46 53 80 62

M T 65 42 64 95 81

N L 57 44 58 91 59

A T 34 22 32 64 42

P L 51 35 43

P T 50 34 41 84 51

R O 60 33 53 77 73

SI 54 23 48 85 63

SK 47 24 41 82 63

F I 46 28 43 82 44

SE 42 25 40 76 64

UK 47 31 47 84 57

IS 45 22 41 72

N O 51 41 51 85 45

M K 71 73 62 88 64

Individuals used Internet for downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or games (% of ind in the last 3

months)




• At EU-27 level, 49% of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months downloaded, listened,

watched/played music films and or games. More than 60% of internet users in BG, MT, LT and

MK used internet for this purpose.

• The percentage of students who used internet in the last 3 months for downloading/listening

to/watching/playing music, films and/or games was very high in all countries especially in LU and

NL (90% and more).

• At EU-27, more than half of the unemployed internet users made downloads. At national level

the figure is extremely high in MT (81%) , BG (78%) and RO (73%).

34

All 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64

EU27 49 78 58 43 35 26

BE 36 69 40 31 21 18

BG 64 85 70 58 36 31

CZ 37 64 43 27 17 16

DK 50 81 68 51 37 25

DE 48 74 59 45 36 28

EE 41 73 45 33 20 10

IE 34 56 38 24 18 13

EL 54 81 54 41 32 22

ES 57 85 65 46 36 29

FR 58 88 69 50 49 33

IT 39 67 46 30 24 19

CY 46 74 48 31 14 18

LV 58 84 66 46 35 23

LT 62 86 68 49 40 28

LU 56 89 68 56 42 25

HU 56 77 61 55 42 33

MT 65 90 63 58 42 31

NL 57 88 66 53 48 38

AT 34 57 37 30 24 21

PL 51 77 54 38 25 24

PT 50 80 57 35 23 23

RO 60 75 65 47 34 27

SI 54 82 66 41 24 26

SK 47 78 49 37 26 20

FI 46 79 59 43 29 20

SE 42 79 57 40 26 19

UK 47 78 57 43 35 23

IS 45 76 59 41 26 16

NO 51 85 65 48 39 25

MK 71 87 70 56 52 57

Individuals used Internet for downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or games (% of ind in the last 3 months)




35

Row Labels All Low Medium High

EU27 49 55 48 48

B E 36 46 36 30

B G 64 85 66 54

C Z 37 59 35 27

D K 50 56 47 49

D E 48 53 46 47

EE 41 64 39 33

IE 34 37 32 34

EL 54 62 59 45

ES 57 60 59 54

F R 58 56 61 58

IT 39 46 38 34

C Y 46 68 47 39

LV 58 80 58 47

LT 62 81 60 57

LU 56 59 52 57

H U 56 62 57 49

M T 65 62 66 67

N L 57 56 58 57

A T 34 55 30 32

P L 51 49

P T 50 47 56 47

R O 60 72 59 54

SI 54 71 54 47

SK 47 73 44 36

F I 46 56 45 40

SE 42 50 41 40

UK 47 34 49 49

IS 45 52 41 42

N O 51 56 49 46

M K 71 81 71 61

Individuals used Internet for downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or games (% of

ind in the last 3 months)


Special module 2008: Individuals - Use of advanced services; reference age group: 16-74

• Downloading/listening to/watching/playing music, films and/or games is slightly more frequent

among those with a ‘low’ educational attainment than among those with “medium” and “high”

educational attainment level. However, differences were less than 7 percentage points.

• The greatest discrepancies between “low” and “high” achievers can be found in BG, CZ, LV and

SK.

36

Every day or almost every day

At least once a week (but not every day)

At least once a month (but not every week)

Less than once a month

Not downloaded, but only listened to music and/or have watched films

EU27 3 9 11 9 14B E 2 10 10 7 5B G 10 26 17 6 3C Z 1 5 14 6 6D K 2 7 12 10 13D E 1 4 6 8 21EE 2 12 12 6 6IE 2 8 12 7 4EL 8 19 13 6 4ES 5 15 20 10 7F R 6 8 9 37IT 10 3 9 8 7C Y 6 15 11 6 4LV 7 20 16 6 7LT 7 21 17 7 10LU 4 11 16 11 12H U 4 12 16 12 8M T 8 20 21 7 4N L 3 11 13 9 18A T 6 8 5 8P L 4 11 13 9 9P T 4 13 17 4 11R O 5 22 19 6 4SI 6 18 15 8 6SK 3 15 14 5 5F I 2 5 8 16 11SE 6 30 1 1 1UK 3 11 13 13 6IS 5 12 10 7 8N O 2 10 13 15 8M K 17 24 14 8 5

Download of music and/or films from the Internet, by frequency as a % of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months




37

Frequency of downloading music and/or films

All Low Medium High All Low Medium High

EU-27 3 4 4 3 EU-27 11 11 10 12

BE 2 3 3 1 BE 10 13 9 8

BG 10 13 10 7 BG 17 17 18 17

CZ 1 2 1 1 CZ 14 27 13 11

DK 2 3 1 1 DK 12 12 12 14

DE 1 DE 6 7 6 6

EE 2 4 2 EE 12 15 11 12

IE 2 3 1 1 IE 12 13 11 11

EL 8 5 10 7 EL 13 13 14 12

ES 5 6 6 4 ES 20 19 20 20

FR FR 8 7 8 8

IT 10 14 10 6 IT 9 11 9 8

CY 6 13 7 4 CY 11 19 10 10

LV 7 14 7 4 LV 16 19 16 14

LT 7 13 7 4 LT 17 19 16 18

LU 4 5 3 2 LU 16 14 14 19

HU 4 5 5 3 HU 16 18 16 14

MT 8 8 8 7 MT 21 19 21 25

NL 3 5 3 1 NL 13 12 13 14

AT 1 AT 8 10 7 10

PL 4 8 4 2 PL 13 13 11

PT 4 3 5 PT 17 15 19 18

RO 5 6 4 4 RO 19 22 18 18

SI 6 14 6 3 SI 15 17 14 15

SK 3 7 3 1 SK 14 23 13 12

FI 2 4 2 1 FI 8 10 8 7

SE 6 5 6 7 SE 1 2 1 1

UK 3 3 UK 13 12 17

IS 5 8 5 2 IS 10 11 9 12

NO 2 3 2 1 NO 13 14 9 14

MK 17 24 15 15 MK 14 16 14

Download of music and/or films from the Internet every day or almost every day as a % of individuals who used internent

in the last 3 months

Download of music and/or films from the Internet at least once a month as a % of individuals who used internent in

the last 3 months

Data source: isoc_cias_df



38

0 5 10 15 20 25

EU27

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

IS

NO

MK

Frequency of downloading music and/or films by sex as a % of

individuals who used internet in the last 3 months

Female

Male




• As a general pattern, the percentage of men who used internet in the last three months and who

downloaded music and/or films at least once a month was higher than the percentage of women

except in BG and SI.

• Greatest gender differences were found in NL and CZ.

39

All

Retired and other inactive Employed Students Unemployed

EU27 11 6 11 19 10

BE 10 6 8 22 9

BG 17 15 18 17 13

CZ 14 5 12 28 23

DK 12 3 13 20

DE 6 6 12

EE 12 8 11 19

IE 12 6 10 26 15

EL 13 9 13 14 15

ES 20 13 19 27 20

FR 8 8 13

IT 9 5 8 17 10

CY 11 11 10 17 19

LV 16 12 15 21 15

LT 17 14 16 22 16

LU 16 4 17 22 10

HU 16 13 14 24 15

MT 21 15 20 30 45

NL 13 7 14 25 11

AT 8 5 8 15

PL 13 11 12

PT 17 15 27 14

RO 19 15 18 22 11

SI 15 2 14 20 12

SK 14 8 13 24 1

FI 8 3 8 17 14

SE 1 0 1 3 1

UK 13 8 14 20

IS 10 10 16

NO 13 8 13 22 18

MK 14 12 18 14

Download of music and/or films from the Internet at least once a month as a % of individuals who used internent in the last 3 months


Special module 2008: Individuals - Use of advanced services; reference age group: 16-74

• The percentage of students (those who used internet in the last 3 months) who downloaded

music and/or films from the Internet at least once a month was higher than for other categories

in almost all of the countries under scrutiny.

Exceptions are EL, CY and MT, where the percentage among unemployed internet users is

higher.

40

All Y16_24 Y25_34 Y35_44 Y45_54 Y55_64

EU27 11 18 15 9 7 4

BE 10 20 11 8 5 5

BG 17 17 21 19 14 10

CZ 14 27 17 10 6 4

DK 12 22 20 12 8 4

DE 6 12 8 5 4

EE 12 19 14 12 6

IE 12 22 13 8 5

EL 13 15 15 11 8 10

ES 20 26 24 17 12 9

FR 8 15 15 5

IT 9 16 12 7 6 5

CY 11 18 10 11 4 10

LV 16 22 19 11 11 8

LT 17 23 21 14 10 8

LU 16 25 20 18 10 6

HU 16 22 17 17 12 7

MT 21 26 20 24 12 15

NL 13 21 17 14 10 6

AT 8 12 10 8 6

PL 13 20 14 10 6

PT 17 25 23 11 7

RO 19 22 20 18 10 10

SI 15 21 20 12 5 5

SK 14 24 14 12 8 6

FI 8 16 14 8 3 0

SE 1 3 1 1 0 0

UK 13 19 17 15 10

IS 10 16 15 10 6

NO 13 24 19 12 7 5

MK 14 19 12 15

Download of music and/or films from the Internet at least once a month as a % of individuals who used internent in the last 3 months


Special module 2008: Individuals - Use of advanced services; rReference age group: 16-74

41

1.6. Internet activities

0

20

40

60

80

100

Downloading official forms

Obtaining information from public authorities web sites

Sending filled forms

Information on health

Internet banking

Emails exchange

Information on travel and accomodation

Information on goods and services

Job seeking

Reading newspapers

Selling goods

Downloading software

Internet activities by sex, EU-27, 2009

Females

Males

Data source: isoc_cu_ac_i

Year: 2009

Unit: internet activities in the last 3 months as a % of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months


• Women are more interested in information on health, men in downloading software.

• For reading newspapers via Internet: men do it a little more than women, young people (and

especially students) more than older, persons with tertiary education more than those with

lower educational level.

42

0

20

40

60

80

100

Downloading official formsObtaining information from public authorities

web sites



Internet banking

Emails exchange



Job seeking

Reading newspapers

Selling goods


Internet activities by ISCED level, EU-27, 2009

All

Low

Medium

High

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90


Obtaining information from public authorities

web sites



Internet banking

Emails exchange



Job seeking

Reading newspapers

Selling goods


Internet activities by degree of urbanisation, EU-27, 2009

Densely

Intermediate

Sparsely

43

0

20

40

60

80

100


Obtaining information from public authorities web sites



Internet banking

Emails exchange



Job seeking

Reading newspapers

Selling goods


Internet activities by occupational status, EU-27, 2009

Employed

Students

Unemployed

Retired and other inactive

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100


Obtaining information from public

authorities web sites



Internet banking

Emails exchange



Job seeking

Reading newspapers

Selling goods


Internet activities by age, EU-27, 2009

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

44

1.7. E-commerce of cultural goods and contents


Internet banking

Emails exchange

Interaction with public authorities

Information on holydays and travels

Information about goods and services

Job seeking

Reading newspapers

Selling goods or services


EU27 50 50 88 46 54 79 23 48 16 34

BE 44 62 92 41 45 80 18 46 22 26

BG 23 4 81 23 15 42 21 49 2 17

CZ 33 31 91 40 45 83 13 70 7 23

DK 54 77 94 78 65 86 32 74 30 52

DE 62 53 91 48 61 90 23 35 26 41

EE 46 87 87 62 28 76 32 88 7 38

IE 36 46 86 44 68 83 21 29 8 21

EL 35 13 73 28 58 78 13 50 1 17

ES 54 39 86 50 62 78 27 64 7 39

FR 54 60 86 56 53 86 24 34 18 28

IT 45 34 83 36 53 71 20 50 9 33

CY 34 32 79 46 42 81 11 57 2 35

LV 45 66 84 36 36 78 38 72 6 30

LT 49 56 80 32 24 76 26 84 3 31

LU 63 62 94 62 69 87 15 63 17 44

HU 60 27 93 42 31 80 31 61 8 33

MT 52 56 89 42 47 83 25 56 7 38

NL 56 82 96 61 54 89 19 51 20 35

AT 50 48 88 54 43 75 14 58 7 30

PL 40 38 81 33 26 52 16 32 10 29

PT 61 37 86 45 32 87 22 59 3 39

RO 47 7 85 19 33 36 14 64 3 29

SI 52 39 85 52 41 79 20 55 30 32

SK 43 38 88 44 47 72 23 50 4 18

FI 68 87 91 65 68 88 29 77 16 33

SE 40 79 92 64 53 86 25 55 18 34

UK 42 55 90 43 69 78 31 52 19 36

IS 40 78 91 81 57 86 19 78 14 31

NO 44 85 92 71 52 91 24 84 12 47

MK 28 7 83 24 20 51 18 60 2 29

RS 22 12 79 10 35 57 16 42 4 24

Internet activities in the last 3 months as % of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy; Year 2009; reference age group: 16-74

Percentage of individuals who used Internet within the last year

• At EU level, emails exchange (88%), information about goods and services (79%), information on

holidays and travels (54%) Internet banking (50%) and Information on health (50%) were the

preferred activities of internet users. Selling goods and services and job seeking were less

popular.

45

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

RS

LV

BG

RO

LT

EE

EL

CZ

ES

IT

CY

SK

PT

HU

SI

BE

PL

IE

EU27

FR

AT

SE

FI

IS

DK

MT

NO

NL

UK

Purchasing books/magazines/e-learning material over the

Internet by sex, 2009

Male

Female



46

• At EU level, 18% of both male and female internet users purchased books, magazines and e-

learning material through the internet.

• This gender equality is also found in RO, BG, LT, PT, SI, PL, DK and the UK.

• The highest gender gap is observed in SE and FI, where the percentage of female internet users

who bought this kind of products is higher than the one of male. Gender difference is also high in

MT.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

LU UK NL AT NO DK SE IS FR MT FI EU27 IE PL PT HU BE SI SK CZ EE IT ES CY EL LT BG LV RO

Purchasing books/magazines/e-learning material over the Internet by ISCED level, 2009

Low Medium High

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy; year 2009; reference age group: 16-74


• Individuals with a ‘high’ attainment level were proportionally more numerous to purchase

books, magazines and e-learning materials over the internet than other internet users.

• In Slovakia, internet users with ‘low’ educational attainment level were proportionally more

numerous to buy this kind of goods than those with a ‘medium’ educational attainment level.

• Highest differences across internet users with different educational attainment level are found in

the UK (37 percentage points), NL (33 percentage points) and AT (32 percentage points). Lowest

differences appeared in Romania and Latvia (less than 5 percentage points.)

47

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

NO LU DK SE NL UK FI AT FR MT EU27 IE SI PL HU BE EE PT SK CY ES CZ IT GR BG LT RO LV IS

Purchasing books/magazines/e-learning material over the Internet by degree of urbanisation, 2009

Densely Intermediate Sparsely



• In 2009, internet users living in densely populated areas were proportionally more numerous

than others to buy books, magazines and e-learning material in most countries.

48

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

LU UK NL NO DK FI SE AT FR MT IS EU27 IE PL HU BE SI PT SK CZ CY EE ES IT GR LT BG RO LV

Purchasing books/magazines/e-learning material over the Internet by occupational status, 2009

Employed Students Retired and other inactive Unemployed



49

0 10 20 30 40 50

BG

RO

EE

LV

CZ

EL

LT

BE

CY

HU

PT

RS

ES

IT

SI

PL

SK

AT

IE

MT

EU27

FI

FR

NL

IS

SE

DE

DK

LU

NO

UK

Ordering films/music over internet by sex, 2009

Females Males



• In 2009, ordering films and music over internet in the EU-27 was more frequent among men

(20%) than among women (15 %).

• The greater gender discrepancies can be found in Iceland (10 percentage points), while in

Romania and Bulgaria the proportion is similar among men and women.

50

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

UK LU NO DK DE SE NL FI EU27 IS FR MT IE AT PL SK SI BE IT ES CY HU PT CZ EL LT RS BG EE LV RO MK

Ordering films/music over internet by ISCED level, 2009

Low Medium High

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy; Year 2009; Reference age group: 16-74


• As a general pattern, proportion of internet users who ordered films and music increase with

educational attainment level. However, this statements in not true in Finland where the

percentage of people with a ‘low’ educational attainment level ordering films or music over

internet was higher than the percentage of individuals with a ‘high’ educational attainment level.

MT and RS are also exceptions.

51

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

UK LU NO DK DE SE NL FI EU27 IS FR MT IE AT PL SK SI BE IT ES CY HU PT CZ GR LT RS BG EE LV RO MK

Ordering films/music over internet by degree of urbanisation, 2009

Densely Intermediate Sparsely

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy; Year 2009; Reference age group: 16-74


52

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

UK LU NO DK DE SE NL FI EU27 IS FR MT IE AT PL SK SI BE IT ES CY HU PT CZ GR LT RS BG EE LV RO MK

Ordering films/music over internet by occupational status, 2009

Employed Students Retired and other inactive Unemployed



• In 2009, internet users who ordered films and music were proportionally more numerous among

employed persons or students in numerous countries. Cyprus (retired and other inactive) and

Denmark (unemployed) are remarkable exceptions.

53

0 20 40 60 80 100

MK

RO

BG

LT

GR

EE

IT

HU

PT

LV

CY

ES

CZ

SI

SK

PL

IS

BE

EU27

IE

AT

MT

FR

FI

LU

SE

NL

DE

DK

NO

UK

% of individuals who ordered goods or services over

Internet, 2006 and 2009

2006 2009

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy; Reference age group: 16-74


• The EU-27 experienced an increase of 4.7% between 2006 and 2006 of internet users who

ordered goods and services over internet. The use of internet to order goods and services

increased between 2006 and 2009 in all countries except in IS and MK.

• The greatest increases of the percentage of users who ordered goods or services over internet

are found in Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia and Cyprus.

54

0 10 20 30 40 50

MK

LV

BG

RO

LT

EL

ES

IT

EE

CY

CZ

PT

SK

SI

BE

HU

PL

IE

EU27

IS

MT

FR

AT

SE

DK

FI

NO

NL

UK

LU

DE

% of Individuals who ordered books/magazines/e-

learning material, 2006 and 2009

2006 2009

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy - Reference age group: 16-74


• At EU-27 level, 18% of internet users ordered books, magazines and e-learning materials in 2009.

This percentage is the same as the one registered in 2006. Finland and France experienced the

highest increase in this matter. On the opposite, MK, BG and CY experienced a decrease in the

percentage of internet users who ordered books, magazines and e-learning materials.

55

0 10 20 30 40 50

MK

BG

LV

RO

EE

EL

CZ

LT

ES

CY

PT

HU

BE

IT

SI

PL

SK

AT

IE

MT

FR

IS

EU27

NL

FI

SE

DE

DK

NO

LU

UK

% of Individuals who ordered music and films, 2006

and 2009

2009 2006

Data source: isoc_ec_ibuy; reference age group: 16-74


• At EU-27 level, 18% of internet users ordered music and films in 2009. It was 16 % in 2006. It

decreased in MK, BG, EL, ES, BE, AT and IE whereas the greatest increase occurred in Finland.

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