0 Individuals used a laptop, notebook or netbook computer to access the internet
1 Individuals used a tablet computer (with touch screen) to access the internet
2 Individuals used a mobile phone or smart phone to access the internet
3 Individuals used another handheld device (e.g. PDA, MP3 player, e-book reader, handheld games console, excluding tablet computer) to access the internet
4 Individuals did not use a handheld device to access the internet
5 Individuals used the mobile phone network (e.g. GPRS, UMTS) to connect the handheld device to internet away from home or work
Individual type
00 All Individuals
01 Individuals, 15 years old or less
02 Individuals, 16 to 19 years old
03 Individuals, 16 to 24 years old
04 Individuals, 16 to 29 years old
05 Individuals, 20 to 24 years old
06 Individuals, 25 to 29 years old
07 Individuals, 25 to 34 years old
08 Individuals, 25 to 54 years old
09 Individuals, 25 to 64 years old
0a Individuals, 35 to 44 years old
0b Individuals, 45 to 54 years old
0c Individuals, 55 to 64 years old
0d Individuals, 55 to 74 years old
0e Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
0f Individuals, 75 years old or more
0g Individuals aged 16-24 with low education
0h Individuals aged 16-24 with medium formal education
0i Individuals aged 16-24 with high formal education
0j Individuals aged 25 to 54 with low formal education
0k Individuals aged 25 to 54 with medium formal education
0l Individuals aged 25 to 54 with high formal education
0m Individuals aged 25 to 64 with low formal education
0n Individuals aged 25 to 64 with medium formal education
0o Individuals aged 25 to 64 with high formal education
0p Individuals aged 55 to 74 with low formal education
0q Individuals aged 55 to 74 with medium formal education
0r Individuals aged 55 to 74 with high formal education
0s Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are employees, self-employed or family workers
0t Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are unemployed
0u Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
0v Males, 16 to 19 years old
0w Females, 16 to 19 years old
0x Males, 16 to 24 years old
0y Females, 16 to 24 years old
0z Males, 16 to 29 years old
10 Females, 16 to 29 years old
11 Males, 16 to 74 years old
12 Females, 16 to 74 years old
13 Males, 20 to 24 years old
14 Females, 20 to 24 years old
15 Males, 25 to 29 years old
16 Females, 25 to 29 years old
17 Males 25 to 54 years old
18 Females 25 to 54 years old
19 Males, 25 to 64 years old
1a Females, 25 to 64 years old
1b Males 55 to 74 years old
1c Females 55 to 74 years old
1d Males with low formal education
1e Females with low formal education
1f Males with medium formal education
1g Females with medium formal education
1h Males with high formal education
1i Females with high formal education
1j Individuals with no or low formal education
1k Individuals with medium formal education
1l Individuals with high formal education
1m Individuals who are born in another EU Member State
1n Individuals who are born in non-EU country
1o Individuals who are foreign-born
1p Individuals who are native-born
1q Nationals of another EU-Member State
1r Nationals of non-EU country
1s Non-nationals
1t Nationals
1u Individuals in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
1v Individual living in a household with income in first quartile
1w Individual living in a household with income in second quartile
1x Individual living in a household with income in third quartile
1y Individual living in a household with income in fourth quartile
1z Individuals living in cities
20 Individuals living in towns and suburbs
21 Individuals living in rural areas
22 Individuals living in Objective 1 regions / 'Convergence' regions
23 Individuals living in Not Objective 1 regions / 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' Region
24 Individuals living in a household with broadband access
25 Individuals living in a household with Internet access but with no broadband access
26 ICT professionals
27 Non ICT professionals
28 Non-manual including the armed forces
29 Manual
2a Individuals who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
2b Employees, self-employed, family workers
2c Students
2d Unemployed
2e Individuals aged 16-29 with low formal education
2f Individuals aged 16-29 with medium formal education
2g Individuals aged 16-29 with high formal education
Unit of measure
0 Percentage of individuals
1 Percentage of individuals who used internet in the last 3 months
2 Percentage of individuals who used a handheld device to access internet
Geopolitical entity (reporting)
00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
01 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
02 European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013)
03 European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
04 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023)
Devices used for mobile connection to the internet
methods, notes and classification
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Variables