01 Percentage of individuals who used internet within the last year
02 Percentage of individuals who have experienced online identity theft, phishing or pharming
Individual type
00 All Individuals
01 Individuals, 15 years old or less
02 Individuals, 16 to 24 years old
03 Individuals, 25 to 34 years old
04 Individuals, 25 to 54 years old
05 Individuals, 25 to 64 years old
06 Individuals, 35 to 44 years old
07 Individuals, 45 to 54 years old
08 Individuals, 55 to 64 years old
09 Individuals, 55 to 74 years old
0a Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
0b Individuals, 75 years old or more
0c Individuals aged 16-24 with low education
0d Individuals aged 16-24 with medium formal education
0e Individuals aged 16-24 with high formal education
0f Individuals aged 25 to 54 with low formal education
0g Individuals aged 25 to 54 with medium formal education
0h Individuals aged 25 to 54 with high formal education
0i Individuals aged 25 to 64 with low formal education
0j Individuals aged 25 to 64 with medium formal education
0k Individuals aged 25 to 64 with high formal education
0l Individuals aged 55 to 74 with low formal education
0m Individuals aged 55 to 74 with medium formal education
0n Individuals aged 55 to 74 with high formal education
0o Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are employees, self-employed or family workers
0p Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are unemployed
0q Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
0r Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
0s Males, 16 to 24 years old
0t Females, 16 to 24 years old
0u Males, 16 to 74 years old
0v Females, 16 to 74 years old
0w Males, 25 to 34 years old
0x Females, 25 to 34 years old
0y Males 25 to 54 years old
0z Females 25 to 54 years old
10 Males, 25 to 64 years old
11 Females, 25 to 64 years old
12 Males 35 to 44 years old
13 Females 35 to 44 years old
14 Males 45 to 54 years old
15 Females 45 to 54 years old
16 Males 55 to 64 years old
17 Females 55 to 64 years old
18 Males 55 to 74 years old
19 Females 55 to 74 years old
1a Males 65 to 74 years old
1b Females 65 to 74 years old
1c Males with low formal education
1d Females with low formal education
1e Males with medium formal education
1f Females with medium formal education
1g Males with high formal education
1h Females with high formal education
1i Individuals with no or low formal education
1j Individuals with medium formal education
1k Individuals with high formal education
1l Individuals who are born in another EU Member State
1m Individuals who are born in non-EU country
1n Individuals who are foreign-born
1o Individuals who are native-born
1p Nationals of another EU-Member State
1q Nationals of non-EU country
1r Non-nationals
1s Nationals
1t Individuals in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
1u Individual living in a household with income in first quartile
1v Individual living in a household with income in second quartile
1w Individual living in a household with income in third quartile
1x Individual living in a household with income in fourth quartile
1y Individuals living in cities
1z Individuals living in towns and suburbs
20 Individuals living in rural areas
21 Individuals living in Objective 1 regions / 'Convergence' regions
22 Individuals living in Not Objective 1 regions / 'Regional Competitiveness and Employment' Region
23 Individuals living in a household with broadband access
24 Individuals living in a household with Internet access but with no broadband access
25 ICT professionals
26 Non ICT professionals
27 Non-manual including the armed forces
28 Manual
29 Retired Individuals
2a Individuals who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
2b Employees
2c Employees, self-employed, family workers
2d Self-employed, family workers
2e Students
2f Unemployed
2g Individuals living in a household with children
2h Individuals living in a household without children
Information society indicator
000 Fraudulent credit or debit card use
001 Online identity theft (somebody stealing individuals' personal data and impersonating individuals e.g. shopping under an individual's name)
002 Receiving fraudulent messages ('phishing')
003 Getting redirected to fake websites asking for personal information ('pharming')
004 Misuse of personal information available on the Internet resulting in e.g. discrimination, harassment, bullying
005 Social network or e-mail account being hacked and content being posted or sent without individuals' knowledge
006 Loss of documents, pictures or other data due to a virus or other computer infection (e.g. worm or Trojan horse)
007 Unsolicited emails sent to individual ('Spam')
008 Abuse of personal information sent on the internet and/or other privacy violations (e.g. abuse of pictures, videos, personal data uploaded on community websites)
009 Financial loss as a result of receiving fraudulent messages ('phishing') or getting redirected to fake websites asking for personal information ('pharming')
00a Financial loss due to fraudulent payment (credit or debit) card use
00b Children accessing inappropriate web-sites or connecting with potentially dangerous persons from a computer within the household
00c Experienced financial loss
00d Experienced financial loss resulting from identity theft, receiving fraudulent messages or being redirected to fake websites
00e Experienced any of the following security related incidents: I_SECFRD2, I_SECVIR1, I_SECMPI, I_SECSNH, I_SECOIT, I_SECPHI or I_SECPHA
00f Experienced any of the following security related problems: i_secvir1, i_secspm, i_secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1, i_secchld
00g Experienced any of the following security related problems: i_secvir1, i_secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1, i_secchld
00h Experienced any of the following security related problems: i_ secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1, i_secchld
00i Experienced no security related problem
00j Experienced any of the following security related problems: i_secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1
00k Experienced any of the following security related problems: i_secvir1, i_secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1
00l Strongly concerned about and have caught a virus or other computer infection (e.g. worm or Trojan horse) resulting in loss of information or time
00m Strongly concerned about and received unsolicited emails ('Spam')
00n Strongly concerned about and experienced abuse of personal information sent on the internet and/or other privacy violations (e.g. abuse of pictures, videos, personal data uploaded on community websites)
00o Strongly concerned about and experienced financial loss as a result of receiving fraudulent messages ('phishing') or getting redirected to fake websites asking for personal information ('pharming')
00p Strongly concerned about and experienced financial loss due to fraudulent payment (credit or debit) card use
00q Strongly concerned about and experienced children accessing inappropriate web-sites or connecting with potentially dangerous persons from a computer within the household
00r Done internet banking in the last 3 months and experienced in the last 12 months any of the security related incidents: I_SECFRD2, I_SECVIR1, I_SECMPI, I_SECSNH, I_SECOIT, I_SECPHI or I_SECPHA
00s Bought over the internet and experienced any of the security related incidents: I_SECFRD2, I_SECVIR1, I_SECMPI, I_SECSNH, I_SECOIT, I_SECPHI or I_SECPHA
00t Bought over the internet and experienced any of the following security related problems: i_secvir1, i_secspm, i_ secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1, i_secchld
00u Bought over the internet and experienced any of the following security related problem: i_ secpif1, i_secflpp, i_secfrd1, i_secchld
00v Done social networking in the last 3 months and experienced in the last 12 months abuse of personal information sent on the internet and/or other privacy violations
00w Children accessing inappropriate web-sites
Geopolitical entity (reporting)
000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
001 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
002 European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013)
003 European Union - 25 countries (2004-2006)
004 European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
005 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023)
Security related problems experienced when using the internet
methods, notes and classification
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