BOTSWANA HOUSEHOLD ACCESS AND INDIVIDUAL USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY 2014 SURVEY

PRESENTED BY:

DR BURTON S. MGUNI

DEPUTY STATISTICIAN GENERAL – ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS

Outline

• Survey Objectives

• Methodology

• Findings

• Household Access to ICT

• Individual Usage of ICT

Koontse Mokgwathi

OBJECTIVES

• Determine the accessibility and usage of ICTs in Botswana

– Household Access To ICTs

– Individual Use Of ICTs

• Develop a database of access and usage of ICT indicators in Botswana

Koontse Mokgwathi

Survey Methodology

• Target population

Members of the household aged 10 years and above

• Scope and Coverage

Private dwellings

Whole country

Koontse Mokgwathi

• Sampling frame

2011 Population and Housing Census EA’S

• Sampling Design;

A stratified two stage probability sampling First stage, selection of EAs as Primary Sampling Units

Second stage, Households as Secondary Sampling Units selected from the EAs

Koontse Mokgwathi

HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Household Ownership of a Working Radio Set

• Household Ownership of a Working Television Set

• Household Ownership of a Working Telephone

• Household Access To The internet

• Household Access to a Computer

INDIVIDUAL USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Individual Mobile Cellular Telephone Use

• Individual Computer Use

• Individual Internet Use

• E-Commerce

• E-Government

• Individual Radio and Television Access and Use

• Individual Use of Print Media

HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Proportion of Household Ownership of a Working Radio Set

– Increased from 59.4 % in 2011 (PHC) to 61.5 % in 2014 ICT survey

• Proportion of Household Ownership of a Working Television Set

– 54.1 % in 2011 (PHC) to 60.3 % in 2014 ICT survey

• Proportion of Household Ownership of a Working Fixed Telephone

– Declined from 33.5 % in 2001 PHC to 9.5 % in 2014 ICT survey

• Proportion of Household with a Mobile Cellular phone

- Increased from 40.5% in 2003 to 94.1% in 2014

HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Proportion of Household Access To The internet

– 40.6 %

• Proportion of Household Access to a Computer

– 20.6 % of households owned a laptop, 10.9 % owned a desktop computer

• Proportion of Household Access to Electricity

– 63.0%

59.40 60.33

9.45

94.05

10.8920.59

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40.58

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Radio Television Fixed Telephone Mobile CellularTelephone

Desktop Computer Laptop Fax Internet

PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD OWNERSHIP & ACCESS TO ICT , 2014

7.26 9.75

94.27

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Assymetric DigitalSubscriber Line (ADSL)

Fixed Wireless Mobile Internet Satellite Other

PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS ACCESS TO INTERNET BY TYPE, 2014

INDIVIDUAL USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Proportion of Individual Mobile Cellular Telephone Use2014

– 85.3 % of the population 10 years and over in Botswana used a mobile cellular telephone.

• Proportion of Individual Computer Use

– 41.4 %

• Proportion of Individual Internet Use (all Locations)

– 36.7 %

INDIVIDUAL USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Proportion of Individual Radio and Television Access and Use

– 86.2 % had access to radio and 85.2 % had access to television

• Proportion of Individual Use of Print Media

– 76.4 percent of individuals in Botswana read Print Media

INDIVIDUAL USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

• Proportion of Individual Use of E-Commerce

– 4.6 %

• Proportion of Individual use of E-Government

– 7.5 %

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21.4

25.9

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INDIVIDUAL USE OF INTERNET BY LEVEL EDUCATION

80.10

56.10

29.72

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Obtaining information frompublic authorities' websites

Downloading official forms Sending filled-in forms

INDIVIDUAL USE OF E-GOVERNMENT BY ACTIVITY

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HOUSEHOLDS TRENDS OF OWNERSHP & ACCESS TO ICT FROM 2001 TO 2014

Radio Television Fixed Telephone

Mobile Cellular Telephone Desktop Computer Laptop

Fax Internet

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