Purpose of mobile internet use [isoc_cimobi_purp]

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Updated by provider on March 7, 2023 (9:17 AM)

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

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Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[indic_is] Information society indicator
  • [I_IUHD_APGPS] Individuals used internet applications (apps) on a handheld device exploiting the information about where they are (e.g. GPS)
  • [I_IUHD_BOOK] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for reading or downloading online books or e-books
  • [I_IUHD_EM] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for sending / receiving e-mails
  • [I_IUHD_GM] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for playing or downloading games, images, video or music
  • [I_IUHD_NW] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for reading or downloading online news / newspapers / news magazines
  • [I_IUHD_OTH] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for other activities
  • [I_IUHD_POD] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for using podcast service to automatically receive audio or video files of interest
  • [I_IUHD_SNET] Mobile internet use via handheld device: for participating in social networks
  • [I_IUMD_PFP] Mobile internet use via portable computer or handheld device: for professional purposes
[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
  • [EMPL_UNE] Individuals in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
  • [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_24] Females, 16 to 24 years old
  • [F_Y16_74] Females, 16 to 74 years old
  • [F_Y25_54] Females 25 to 54 years old
  • [F_Y25_64] Females, 25 to 64 years old
  • [F_Y55_74] Females 55 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_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_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
  • [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_24] Males, 16 to 24 years old
  • [M_Y16_74] Males, 16 to 74 years old
  • [M_Y25_54] Males 25 to 54 years old
  • [M_Y25_64] Males, 25 to 64 years old
  • [M_Y55_74] Males 55 to 74 years old
  • [RETIR_OTHER] Individuals who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
  • [SAL_SELF_FAM] Employees, self-employed, family workers
  • [STUD] Students
  • [UNE] Unemployed
  • [Y0_15] Individuals, 15 years old or less
  • [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
  • [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_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_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
  • [Y65_74] Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
  • [Y75_MAX] Individuals, 75 years old or more
[unit] Unit of measure
  • [PC_IND] Percentage of individuals
  • [PC_IND_IU3] Percentage of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months
  • [PC_IND_IUHD] Percentage of individuals who used a handheld device to access internet
  • [PC_IND_IUMD] Percentage of individuals who used a handheld device or portable computer to access internet
[geo] Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  • [AT] Austria
  • [BE] Belgium
  • [BG] Bulgaria
  • [CY] Cyprus
  • [CZ] Czechia
  • [DE] Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
  • [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)
  • [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
  • [SE] Sweden
  • [SI] Slovenia
  • [SK] Slovakia
  • [TR] Türkiye
  • [UK] United Kingdom
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