Internet use and activities [isoc_bde15cua]

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Updated by provider on September 19, 2023 (8:06 AM)

Frequency [FREQ]
Unit of measure [unit]
Individual type [ind_type]
Information society indicator [indic_is]
Geopolitical entity (reporting) [geo]

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Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[unit] Unit of measure
  • [PC_IND] Percentage of individuals
  • [PC_IND_IU3] Percentage of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months
[ind_type] Individual type
  • [CB_EU_FOR] Individuals who are born in another EU Member State
  • [CB_EXT_EU] Individuals who are born in non-EU country
  • [CB_FOR] Individuals who are foreign-born
  • [CB_NAT] Individuals who are native-born
  • [CC_EU_FOR] Nationals of another EU-Member State
  • [CC_EXT_EU] Nationals of non-EU country
  • [CC_FOR] Non-nationals
  • [CC_NAT] Nationals
  • [DIS_LTD] Disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [DIS_LTD_SEV] Disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [DIS_NONE] Disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [DIS_SEV] Disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [EMPL_UNE] Individuals in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
  • [EMP_CON_PRM] Working with a permanent job or under contract of unlimited duration
  • [EMP_CON_TMP] Working with a temporary job or under contract of limited duration
  • [EMP_SECT_ADM] Working in public administration, defence, education, human health or social work activities
  • [EMP_SECT_AFF] Working in agriculture, forestry or fishing
  • [EMP_SECT_BS] Working in business services
  • [EMP_SECT_CON] Working in construction
  • [EMP_SECT_FIN] Working in financial or insurance activities
  • [EMP_SECT_IC] Working in information or communication
  • [EMP_SECT_MQM] Working in mining or quarrying, manufacturing or other industry
  • [EMP_SECT_OTH] Working in other service activities
  • [EMP_SECT_RE] Working in real estate activities
  • [EMP_SECT_TTAFS] Working in wholesale or retail trade, transport, accommodation or food service activities
  • [EMP_WKT_FT] Employees working full time
  • [EMP_WKT_PT] Employees working part time
  • [FAM] Family and relatives
  • [F_DIS_LTD] Females with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [F_DIS_LTD_SEV] Females with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [F_DIS_NONE] Females with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [F_DIS_SEV] Females with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [F_I0_2] Females with low formal education
  • [F_I3_4] Females with medium formal education
  • [F_I5_8] Females with high formal education
  • [F_Y16_19] Females, 16 to 19 years old
  • [F_Y16_24] Females, 16 to 24 years old
  • [F_Y16_29] Females, 16 to 29 years old
  • [F_Y16_74] Females, 16 to 74 years old
  • [F_Y20_24] Females, 20 to 24 years old
  • [F_Y25_29] Females, 25 to 29 years old
  • [F_Y25_34] Females, 25 to 34 years old
  • [F_Y25_54] Females 25 to 54 years old
  • [F_Y25_64] Females, 25 to 64 years old
  • [F_Y35_44] Females 35 to 44 years old
  • [F_Y45_54] Females 45 to 54 years old
  • [F_Y55_64] Females 55 to 64 years old
  • [F_Y55_74] Females 55 to 74 years old
  • [F_Y65_74] Females 65 to 74 years old
  • [HHI_Q1] Individual living in a household with income in first quartile
  • [HHI_Q2] Individual living in a household with income in second quartile
  • [HHI_Q3] Individual living in a household with income in third quartile
  • [HHI_Q4] Individual living in a household with income in fourth quartile
  • [I0_2] Individuals with no or low formal education
  • [I3_4] Individuals with medium formal education
  • [I5_8] Individuals with high formal education
  • [IND_BROAD] Individuals living in a household with broadband access
  • [IND_BROADX] Individuals living in a household with Internet access but with no broadband access
  • [IND_DCH] Individuals living in a household with children
  • [IND_DEG1] Individuals living in cities
  • [IND_DEG2] Individuals living in towns and suburbs
  • [IND_DEG3] Individuals living in rural areas
  • [IND_NO1] Individuals living in Not Objective 1 regions / 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' Region
  • [IND_NO_DCH] Individuals living in a household without children
  • [IND_O1] Individuals living in Objective 1 regions / 'Convergence' regions
  • [IND_TOTAL] All Individuals
  • [ISCO0_5] Non-manual including the armed forces
  • [ISCO6_9] Manual
  • [ISCO_ICT] ICT professionals
  • [ISCO_ICTX] Non ICT professionals
  • [MD] Mobile internet users
  • [MDX] Non-users of mobile internet
  • [M_DIS_LTD] Males with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [M_DIS_LTD_SEV] Males with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [M_DIS_NONE] Males with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [M_DIS_SEV] Males with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [M_I0_2] Males with low formal education
  • [M_I3_4] Males with medium formal education
  • [M_I5_8] Males with high formal education
  • [M_Y16_19] Males, 16 to 19 years old
  • [M_Y16_24] Males, 16 to 24 years old
  • [M_Y16_29] Males, 16 to 29 years old
  • [M_Y16_74] Males, 16 to 74 years old
  • [M_Y20_24] Males, 20 to 24 years old
  • [M_Y25_29] Males, 25 to 29 years old
  • [M_Y25_34] Males, 25 to 34 years old
  • [M_Y25_54] Males 25 to 54 years old
  • [M_Y25_64] Males, 25 to 64 years old
  • [M_Y35_44] Males 35 to 44 years old
  • [M_Y45_54] Males 45 to 54 years old
  • [M_Y55_64] Males 55 to 64 years old
  • [M_Y55_74] Males 55 to 74 years old
  • [M_Y65_74] Males 65 to 74 years old
  • [RETIR] Retired Individuals
  • [RETIR_OTHER] Individuals who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
  • [RF_GE1] "Individuals with at least one of the 3 following characteristics: 55 to 74 years old; low education; unemployed or inactive or retired"
  • [RF_GE2] "Individuals with at least two of the 3 following characteristics: 55 to 74 years old; low education; unemployed or inactive or retired"
  • [SAL] Employees
  • [SAL_SELF_FAM] Employees, self-employed, family workers
  • [SELF_FAM] Self-employed, family workers
  • [SELF_NS] Self-employed persons without employees
  • [SELF_S] Self-employed persons with employees
  • [STUD] Students
  • [UNE] Unemployed
  • [Y0_15] Individuals, 15 years old or less
  • [Y16_19] Individuals, 16 to 19 years old
  • [Y16_24] Individuals, 16 to 24 years old
  • [Y16_24HI] Individuals aged 16-24 with high formal education
  • [Y16_24LO] Individuals aged 16-24 with low education
  • [Y16_24ME] Individuals aged 16-24 with medium formal education
  • [Y16_24_DIS_LTD] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [Y16_24_DIS_LTD_SEV] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [Y16_24_DIS_NONE] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [Y16_24_DIS_SEV] Individuals aged 16 to 24 with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [Y16_29] Individuals, 16 to 29 years old
  • [Y16_29HI] Individuals aged 16-29 with high formal education
  • [Y16_29LO] Individuals aged 16-29 with low formal education
  • [Y16_29ME] Individuals aged 16-29 with medium formal education
  • [Y20_24] Individuals, 20 to 24 years old
  • [Y25_29] Individuals, 25 to 29 years old
  • [Y25_34] Individuals, 25 to 34 years old
  • [Y25_54] Individuals, 25 to 54 years old
  • [Y25_54HI] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with high formal education
  • [Y25_54LO] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with low formal education
  • [Y25_54ME] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with medium formal education
  • [Y25_54_DIS_LTD] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [Y25_54_DIS_LTD_SEV] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [Y25_54_DIS_NONE] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [Y25_54_DIS_SEV] Individuals aged 25 to 54 with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [Y25_64] Individuals, 25 to 64 years old
  • [Y25_64HI] Individuals aged 25 to 64 with high formal education
  • [Y25_64LO] Individuals aged 25 to 64 with low formal education
  • [Y25_64ME] Individuals aged 25 to 64 with medium formal education
  • [Y25_64_EMPL_UNE] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
  • [Y25_64_RETIROTH] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
  • [Y25_64_SALSELFFAM] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are employees, self-employed or family workers
  • [Y25_64_UNE] Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are unemployed
  • [Y35_44] Individuals, 35 to 44 years old
  • [Y45_54] Individuals, 45 to 54 years old
  • [Y55_64] Individuals, 55 to 64 years old
  • [Y55_74] Individuals, 55 to 74 years old
  • [Y55_74HI] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with high formal education
  • [Y55_74LO] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with low formal education
  • [Y55_74ME] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with medium formal education
  • [Y55_74_DIS_LTD] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - limited, but not severely
  • [Y55_74_DIS_LTD_SEV] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - limited or severely limited
  • [Y55_74_DIS_NONE] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - not limited at all
  • [Y55_74_DIS_SEV] Individuals aged 55 to 74 with disability (activity limitation) - severely limited
  • [Y65_74] Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
  • [Y75_MAX] Individuals, 75 years old or more
[indic_is] Information society indicator
  • [I_IDAY] Frequency of internet access: daily
  • [I_IEDUT] Individuals who used Internet, in the last 3 months, for training and education
  • [I_IHIF] Internet use: seeking health information
  • [I_IUCPP] Internet use: civic or political participation
  • [I_IUCWEB] Internet use: creating websites or blogs
  • [I_IUEDUIF] Internet use: looking for information about education, training or course offers
  • [I_IUEM] Internet use: sending/receiving e-mails
  • [I_IUENT] Internet use: playing/downloading games, listening to music or watching internet streamed TV or videos
  • [I_IUFORIM] Internet use: posting messages to social media sites or instant messaging
  • [I_IUGM] Internet use: playing/downloading games, images, films or music
  • [I_IUGMNET] Internet use: playing networked games with other persons
  • [I_IUIF] Internet use: finding information about goods and services
  • [I_IUJOB] Internet use: job search or sending an application
  • [I_IUMAPP] Internet use: making an appointment with a practitioner via a website
  • [I_IUNET] Internet use: participating in social or professional networks
  • [I_IUNW] Internet use: reading/downloading online newspapers/news
  • [I_IUNW1] Internet use: reading online news sites/newspapers/news magazines
  • [I_IUNWSUB] Internet use: subscribe to news services or products to receive them regularly
  • [I_IUOANY] Internet use: any of the learning activities i_iuolc, i_iuolm, i_iuocis
  • [I_IUOCIS] Internet use: communicating with instructors or students using educational websites/portals
  • [I_IUOLANY] Internet use: doing an online course (of any subject) or using online learning material
  • [I_IUOLC] Internet use: doing an online course (of any subject)
  • [I_IUOLM] Internet use: online learning material
  • [I_IUPGM] Individuals used internet for playing networked games with others (in the last 3 months)
  • [I_IUPH1] Internet use: telephoning or video calls
  • [I_IUPNET] Internet use: participating in professional networks (creating user profile, posting messages or other contributions to LinkedIn, Xing, etc.)
  • [I_IUPOL] Internet use: reading and posting opinions on civic or political issues via websites
  • [I_IUPOL1] Internet use: posting opinions on civic or political issues via websites (e.g. blogs, social networks, etc.) (until 2019)
  • [I_IUSE] Frequency of internet access: once a week (including every day)
  • [I_IUSNET] Internet use: participating in social networks (creating user profile, posting messages or other contributions to facebook, twitter, etc.)
  • [I_IUSOFT] Internet use: downloading software
  • [I_IUSTVV] Internet use: watching internet streamed TV or videos
  • [I_IUUPL] Internet use: uploading self-created content to any website to be shared
  • [I_IUUPL1] Internet use: sharing or publishing self-created videos, photos, music, texts, etc on a website or via an app
  • [I_IUV] Internet use: watching video content from commercial or sharing services
  • [I_IUVOTE] Internet use: taking part in on-line consultations or voting to define civic or political issues (e.g. urban planning, signing a petition)
  • [I_IUWEB] Internet use: listening to web radios and/or watching web TV
  • [I_IUWEB2] Internet use: listening to web radio
  • [I_IUWIKI] Internet use: consulting wikis (to obtain knowledge on any subject)
[geo] Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  • [AL] Albania
  • [AT] Austria
  • [BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • [BE] Belgium
  • [BG] Bulgaria
  • [CH] Switzerland
  • [CY] Cyprus
  • [CZ] Czechia
  • [DE] Germany
  • [DK] Denmark
  • [EA] Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023)
  • [EE] Estonia
  • [EL] Greece
  • [ES] Spain
  • [EU15] European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
  • [EU25] European Union - 25 countries (2004-2006)
  • [EU27_2007] European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013)
  • [EU27_2020] European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  • [EU28] European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
  • [FI] Finland
  • [FR] France
  • [HR] Croatia
  • [HU] Hungary
  • [IE] Ireland
  • [IS] Iceland
  • [IT] Italy
  • [LT] Lithuania
  • [LU] Luxembourg
  • [LV] Latvia
  • [ME] Montenegro
  • [MK] North Macedonia
  • [MT] Malta
  • [NL] Netherlands
  • [NO] Norway
  • [PL] Poland
  • [PT] Portugal
  • [RO] Romania
  • [RS] Serbia
  • [SE] Sweden
  • [SI] Slovenia
  • [SK] Slovakia
  • [TR] Türkiye
  • [UK] United Kingdom
  • [XK] Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99)
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