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ICT equipment in households. Counties and Aran, and areas

Information and communication technologies. Counties and areas 2008
Own a computer Connection to Internet Mobile phone Broadband
Alt Camp 74.8 55.3 90.7 47.8
Alt Empordà 74.5 58.1 93.5 45.5
Alt Penedès 65.3 54.9 83.2 44.6
Alt Urgell 68.3 50.9 90.1 39.2
Alta Ribagorça 66.2 51.7 91.2 39.9
Anoia 64.3 55.3 88.4 42.9
Bages 59.0 51.2 94.2 41.7
Baix Camp 71.7 54.1 93.9 44.6
Baix Ebre 70.3 46.9 90.8 37.6
Baix Empordà 68.2 55.1 95.2 43.2
Baix Llobregat 72.5 58.3 99.0 54.2
Baix Penedès 75.8 55.4 95.9 44.4
Barcelonès 68.9 63.4 92.7 57.9
Berguedà 65.7 57.5 89.1 45.5
Cerdanya 64.6 46.4 87.6 39.1
Conca de Barberà 77.7 54.9 94.3 43.2
Garraf 71.4 66.1 93.1 56.3
Garrigues 68.5 45.5 84.0 37.0
Garrotxa 75.9 70.6 95.1 60.3
Gironès 75.7 67.4 96.2 52.4
Maresme 72.5 61.4 93.1 52.4
Montsià 74.3 51.0 93.0 37.6
Noguera 64.0 45.4 92.7 36.5
Osona 71.9 55.6 94.3 42.2
Pallars Jussà 67.5 51.6 86.9 39.3
Pallars Sobirà 66.7 48.2 88.1 39.2
Pla d'Urgell 67.0 47.5 89.7 38.7
Pla de l'Estany 74.5 63.3 96.3 57.0
Priorat 65.4 51.9 91.2 38.8
Ribera d'Ebre 66.4 51.1 89.6 37.6
Ripollès 69.1 53.8 95.2 41.5
Segarra 72.7 60.0 95.1 49.5
Segrià 67.8 51.5 91.7 42.0
Selva 68.4 50.8 95.5 43.4
Solsonès 61.1 51.4 88.8 40.5
Tarragonès 80.2 57.3 98.9 50.0
Terra Alta 65.8 50.1 89.2 37.4
Urgell 66.0 48.1 81.2 37.7
Val d'Aran 64.3 48.8 91.3 39.6
Vallès Occidental 72.3 63.7 96.2 57.2
Vallès Oriental 79.9 71.5 96.1 63.0
Catalonia 71.0 60.1 94.2 52.5
Metropolità 71.2 62.9 94.5 56.7
Comarques Gironines 72.2 59.2 95.2 47.7
Camp de Tarragona 76.2 55.7 96.0 46.9
Terres de l'Ebre 71.1 49.1 91.4 37.6
Ponent 67.4 50.1 90.1 40.6
Comarques Centrals 64.7 54.0 92.3 42.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 66.4 49.3 88.8 39.3
Barcelona 70.6 62.1 94.3 55.4
Girona 72.1 58.8 95.1 47.5
Lleida 67.0 50.1 89.7 40.2
Tarragona 75.0 54.2 94.9 44.7
Units: Per cent.
Source: Fundació Observatori per a la Societat de la Informació a Catalunya i Idescat.
Note: (1) Percentage of total households with a members aged 16 to 74 years.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Household
Set of people habitually living in the same dwelling. There are two types of households: one-person households, made up of one person, and multi-person households, made up of two or more people.
Household with broadband
Household with an xDSL type connection such as ADSL, other fixed connexions such as cable networks, or wireless connections.
Household with an Internet connection
Household that can access the Internet using any device (computer, mobile phone, etc.) and with any type of connection (modem, ADSL, XDSI, mobile, etc.).
Household with a computer
Household that have a desktop computer or PC, laptop or pocket computer.

Methodological aspects

The Survey on the equipment and use of information and communication technologies in households (TIC-L) informs on the ICT equipment (television, landline telephone, mobile telephone, computer equipment, Internet connection) of households and the use that the population makes of computers, Internet and e-commerce. This is an annual sample-based survey conducted by the INE for the whole of Spain. On the basis of an agreement with the INE, Idescat expands upon the results offered by this operation for Catalonia. The information obtained is comparable with other autonomous communities, Spain and other countries.

The Territorial Survey of Information and Communication Technologies in Households (TICLT) is a sample based survey conducted by Idescat to complement the information provided by the Survey of the Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Households (TIC-L) conducted by the INE and Idescat.The main objective of these statistics is the obtainment of territorial estimates (areas of the territorial plan and counties) for the most important ICT indicators in relation to equipment in households and the use that people make of the same, as well as results for Catalonia as a whole for current issues in relation to ICTs.

These statistics are annual until 2011. From that year on, the survey is biennial.

The population scope is people aged 16 years or more that reside in main family dwellings. Before 2007, the population scope included 15-year-olds.

The reference period for the results of the survey is the moment when interviews were held, except:íode de referència dels resultats de l'enquesta és el moment de realització de les entrevistes, excepte:

  • for the use of computers and the Internet, it is the three months prior to the holding of the interview, and
  • for the labour situation of the selected person, it is the week prior to the interview.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".