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Use of computer and use of Internet. By frequency and age groups

Use of Internet. Frequency and age groups Catalonia. 2023
From16 - 24 years From 25- 34 years From 35-44 years From 45-54 years From 55-64 years From 65-74 years Total
Use of Internet 100.0 100.0 99.2 98.2 97.1 84.1 96.8
Several times a day 99.7 95.6 93.4 91.4 87.7 72.9 90.8
Daily, or almost daily (but not several times a day) 0.3 4.4 5.2 4.7 5.3 11.7 5.1
Every week, but not every day 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 5.4 12.4 3.2
Less than once a week 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.7 3.0 0.9
Purchasing 64.6 73.5 67.5 69.1 49.2 28.3 60.0
Units: Percentage.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Survey on Equipment and Use of ICT at homes.
Note: Use for people aged between 16 and 74 that bought something via the Internet in the 3 months prior to the date of the survey.

Last update: January 15, 2024.

TICL

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Survey on ICT Equipment and Use in Households (TICL).

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The Survey on the equipment and use of information and communication technologies in households 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 aim of the survey is to report on the ICT equipment (television, telephones and computer equipment, among others) of households and the use that the population makes of computers, Internet and e-commerce.

The target population consists of people that live in main family dwellings. Although the target population consists of people of all ages, in-depth studies are only conducted of those aged 16 years or over. If there are children aged 10 to 15 in the household, each of these is asked a series of questions related with the use of computers and the Internet.

The unit of analysis, in the case of dwellings, corresponds to those that have at least one member aged 16 to 74 years. In terms of individuals, this unit corresponds to people aged 16 to 74 years and children aged 10 to 15 years.

Since 2004, Idescat and the FOBSIC (Technology Observatory Foundation of Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministry of Public Governance and Institutional Relations) have conducted in Catalonia a complementary survey to that of the INE in order to obtain more territorially disaggregated information on the main indicators of equipment and use. These estimates are produced by applying compound estimators in the framework of the small area estimation methodology.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.