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CSO statistical release, 16 December 2015, 11am

Information Society Statistics - Households

2015

Households with access to the internet
	% of households
2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
67	72	78	81	82	82	85

85% of households have access to the internet at home

Figure 1 Percentage of households with internet access

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Summary of main findings:

It is estimated 85% of households had access to the internet at home in 2015. This represented an increase of 3 percentage points when compared to 2014. See table 1a.
The main reasons stated for not having a household internet connection were Lack of skills (44%) and Do not need internet (43%). See table 1c.
Email (84%) was the most common activity carried out on the internet by individuals. The next most common activities selected from the options were Social networking (66%) and Internet banking (64%). See table 3.
The most common types of goods or services being purchased by internet users were Clothes or sports goods (31%). Other travel arrangements (29%), Tickets for events (29%) and Holiday accommodation (27%) were the next most common types of internet purchases. See table 4a.
44% of internet users stated they used storage space on the internet to store files electronically (documents, pictures, music, video or other files). This was an increase of 9 percentage points when compared to the results of 2014. See table 5.

Households: Type of internet access used

Data for 2015 indicates that fixed broadband was the most commom type of internet access in the household (77% compared with 38% using mobile broadband). See table 1b and figure 2

Type of internet access	Mobile broadband	Fixed broadband	Narrowband connection	Connection unknown
State	38	77	2	1
	0	0	0	0
Border	36.4	76	1.6	2.1
Midlands	41.1	62.1	1.5	4.2
West	50	52.2	2.1	1.7
Dublin	32.1	91.4	1.1	0.3
Mid-East	43.6	80.4	2	0.8
Mid-West	41.7	67.5	1.6	2.2
South-East	41.1	71.7	2.8	0.8
South-West	32.2	76.1	1.3	1.5

Individuals: Frequency of use of the internet

In 2015, an estimated 80% of individuals used the internet in the 3 months prior to the interview. Of the 16-29 age category, 90% accessed the internet every day, compared with just 29% of the 60-74 age category. 76% of individuals in the Dublin region accessed the internet every day, compared with 59% of individuals in the West region. See tables 2a and 2b and figure 3.

Frequency of use	Used within last 3 months	Used but not in the last 3 months	Never used the internet
2015	80.1	3.4	16.5
2014	80	3.9	16.3
2013	78.3	4.1	17.6

Individuals: Internet Activities

The most common activities of individuals who accessed the internet in the last three months were Email (84%), Social networking (66%), Internet banking (64%) and Services related to travel (53%). Of the 16-29 age category, 88% of individuals access the internet for Social networking purposes compared with 32% of the 60-74 age category. See table 3 and figure 4

Internet activity	Male	Female	Total
Email	81.978	85.09	83.574
Video / Voice calls over the internet	36.355	35.671	36.004
Social networking	60.941	70.006	65.588
Reading or downloading news	49.393	46.017	47.662
Services related to travel	53.013	53.029	53.021
Selling of goods or services	15.087	11.564	13.281
Internet banking	63.325	64.951	64.158

Individuals: Internet Purchases

Over 40% of individuals who stated they had purchased over the internet in the last 3 months indicated they had made between one and two purchases in this period. The most common types of internet purchases made by individuals in the last 12 months were Clothes or sports goods (31% of individuals), Other travel arrangements (29% of individuals) and Tickets for events (29% of individuals). See tables 4a, 4c and figure 5.

Internet activity	% of individuals
Food and Groceries	4
Household goods	14
Clothes or sports goods	31
Electronic equipment	14
Share purchases/financial services / insurance	5
Films/music	13
Books magazines newspapers e-learning material	18
Computer hardware	3
Telecommunication services	10
Holiday accommodation	27
Other travel arrangements	29
Tickets for events	29
Medicine	1
E learning material	3
Other	7

Individuals: Internet storage and file sharing

Data for 2015 indicates that 44% of internet users use storage space on the internet to store files electronically (documents, pictures, music, videos or other files). This represented an increase of 9 percentage points when compared to 2014. 56% of individuals in the 16-29 age category indicated they used storage space on the internet as a method of saving files compared with 22% of the 60-74 age category. See table 5 and figure 6

Age Category	2014	2015
16-29	41.9	56.2
30-44	39.3	47.6
45-59	26.8	32.8
60-74	15.3	21.5

Show Table 1(a) Households with internet access, 2009 to 2015

Table 1(a) Households with internet access, 2009 to 2015
														% of households

		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015

		Unweighted		Unweighted		Unweighted		Unweighted		Unweighted		Unweighted		Unweighted
Desktop/portable computer permanently in the home		%	actual sample	%	actual sample	%	actual sample	%	actual sample	%	actual sample	%	actual sample	%	actual sample

State		67	8,287	72	7,826	78	6,365	81	10,018	82	10,283	82	9,629	85	9,150
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	35	1,456	42	1,478	51	1,169	55	1,714	55	1,810	56	1,731	60	1,702
	2 adults no dependent children	59	2,246	66	2,139	72	1,727	74	2,771	78	2,686	76	2,879	81	2,475
	3 or more adults no dependent children	80	1,481	85	1,214	88	1,033	90	1,576	92	1,534	94	1,624	95	1,463
	1 adult with dependent children	52	339	61	404	76	336	78	500	82	532	86	404	88	361
	2 adults with dependent children	82	1,977	87	1,945	93	1,592	95	2,551	95	2,775	96	2,205	97	2,314
	3 or more adults with dependent children	86	788	90	646	95	508	96	906	95	946	95	786	96	835
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	36	2,058	44	2,211	56	1,906	58	2,960	61	3,036	61	2,823	63	2,419
	1	67	2,797	75	2,705	82	2,220	85	3,506	87	3,484	85	3,230	87	3,055
	2	84	2,734	89	2,427	93	1,871	96	2,984	95	3,158	96	2,984	97	3,058
	3+	88	698	93	483	97	368	98	568	98	605	98	592	97	618
Internet Type
	Broadband	100	4,423	100	4,757	100	4,116	100	6,686	100	7,072	100	4,735	100	7,543
	Narrowband	100	980	100	658	100	715	100	1,137	100	1,163	100	2,913	100	125
	No internet	0	2,776	0	2,256	0	1,421	0	1,967	0	1,840	0	1,727	0	1,378
	Unknown internet	100	108	100	155	100	113	100	228	100	208	100	121	100	104
Population
	Densely populated	74	2,856	77	2,352	83	2,174	85	3,056	86	3,301	87	3,417	89	3,267
	Intermediate populated	63	1,787	73	1,836	79	1,534	81	2,596	83	2,444	83	2,009	86	1,997
	Thinly populated	63	3,644	67	3,638	74	2,657	78	4,366	80	4,538	78	4,203	81	3,886
Region
	Border	56	952	60	874	66	602	75	1,205	75	1,154	75	1,090	83	910
	Midlands	63	422	66	448	79	321	74	593	82	626	80	622	84	568
	West	63	637	70	890	79	670	82	896	81	970	78	877	79	731
	Dublin	75	2,126	78	1,642	84	1,486	86	2,132	87	2,390	88	2,642	90	2,617
	Mid-East	71	822	81	843	87	545	87	776	86	1,062	86	1,008	87	1,039
	Mid-West	62	841	73	874	77	759	79	1,085	80	1,025	80	762	86	797
	South-East	64	955	65	1,087	71	902	79	1,424	81	1,301	79	1,069	80	968
	South-West	65	1,532	70	1,168	76	1,080	78	1,907	81	1,755	80	1,559	82	1,520
Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Households represent all private households with at least one occupant aged 16-74.

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Table 1(b) Households with internet access classified by type of internet access and characteristics of the household, 2015
						% of households
		Mobile broadband	Fixed broadband	Narrowband connection (either mobile or fixed)	Type of connection unknown	Unweighted sample

State		38	77	2	1	7,772
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	39	69	2	1	1,022
	2 adults no dependent children	34	77	1	2	1,996
	3 or more adults no dependent children	35	82	2	2	1,387
	1 adult with dependent children	54	59	1	1	317
	2 adults with dependent children	41	78	2	1	2,247
	3 or more adults with dependent children	38	82	1	1	803
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	38	70	2	2	1,529
	1	38	75	2	2	2,673
	2	39	81	2	1	2,968
	3+	34	87	2	1	602
Population
	Densely populated	35	88	1	0	2,902
	Intermediate populated	36	80	2	2	1,715
	Thinly populated	41	66	2	2	3,155
Region
	Border	36	76	2	2	753
	Midlands	41	62	2	4	475
	West	50	52	2	2	580
	Dublin	32	91	1	0	2,359
	Mid-East	44	80	2	1	908
	Mid-West	42	68	2	2	683
	South-East	41	72	3	1	773
	South-West	32	76	1	2	1,241
Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Households represent all private households with at least one occupant aged 16-74.
Note 3: More than one type of internet access may be given by respondents.

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Table 1(c ) Households without internet access classified by reasons for not having household internet access, 2015
								% of households
		Access elsewhere	Do not need internet	Equipment costs too high	Access costs too high	Lack of skills	Privacy security concerns	Not available in the area	Other	Unweighted sample

State		8	43	15	13	44	4	5	8	1,355
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	6	43	14	11	49	3	3	7	674
	2 adults no dependent children	8	49	13	11	44	4	5	8	475
	3 or more adults no dependent children	13	44	14	15	37	5	9	11	71
	1 adult with dependent children	[15]	[23]	[37]	[42]	[19]	[3]	[5]	[7]	42
	2 adults with dependent children	15	19	29	20	23	0	11	12	65
	3 or more adults with dependent children	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	28
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	6	45	17	14	48	4	3	6	882
	1	12	41	13	12	39	3	6	11	374
	2	18	36	10	10	24	3	17	14	86
	3+	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	13
Population
	Densely populated	11	44	22	19	42	7	0	9	358
	Intermediate populated	7	43	17	12	47	2	0	11	271
	Thinly populated	8	43	11	10	44	3	9	7	726
Region
	Border	9	42	13	19	40	4	3	16	151
	Midlands	4	50	7	7	40	0	9	3	93
	West	5	50	14	14	43	4	11	3	149
	Dublin	11	42	20	18	38	2	0	10	252
	Mid-East	13	33	15	5	40	1	7	8	128
	Mid-West	11	55	12	4	33	1	5	8	113
	South-East	11	45	14	10	50	5	5	5	194
	South-West	3	36	18	15	58	7	4	10	275

Note 1: More than one reason may have been give by respondents.
Note 2: Households represent all private households with at least one occupant aged 16-74.
Note 3: * Sample occurrence too small for estimation.
Note 4: Figures in parentheses [ ] indicate percentages based on small numbers, and are, therefore, subject to a wide margin of error.

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Table 2(a) Individuals' use of the internet classified by broad frequency of use, 2010 to 2015
																	% of individuals
		Used within last 3 months						Used but not in the last 3 months						Never used the internet
		2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

State		67	75	77	78	80	80	5	4	5	4	4	3	27	21	18	18	16	17
Sex
	Male	66	73	77	78	78	79	5	3	5	4	4	3	29	23	18	18	18	18
	Female	69	76	77	79	81	81	5	4	5	4	4	4	26	19	18	17	15	15
Age Group
	16-29	87	93	92	93	96	95	4	4	4	3	2	2	9	3	3	5	2	3
	30-44	79	87	89	90	92	92	6	3	4	4	3	3	15	10	7	6	5	5
	45-59	56	65	70	76	74	75	6	4	6	5	6	4	39	31	24	19	20	21
	60-74	27	38	40	46	43	45	5	5	7	5	6	6	67	58	53	49	51	49
Principal Economic Status
	At work	77	84	88	88	88	89	5	3	3	3	3	2	19	14	9	9	10	9
	Unemployed	63	74	73	76	76	76	8	5	8	6	8	4	30	21	19	18	16	19
	Student	97	97	94	98	99	99	1	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	4	2	0	1
	Home duties	47	57	63	66	64	64	7	6	8	5	7	6	46	37	30	29	29	30
	Retired	35	43	50	49	52	51	7	6	7	7	6	7	58	51	43	44	42	42
	Other	33	51	50	51	50	53	9	7	8	8	9	6	59	43	42	41	41	41
Region
	Border	56	64	72	70	73	77	9	7	6	6	5	4	36	28	22	24	22	19
	Midland	60	74	69	76	77	78	4	2	5	5	3	3	35	25	27	19	19	19
	West	69	74	75	75	75	75	4	3	5	4	5	3	27	23	20	21	20	22
	Dublin	75	81	82	85	87	86	5	4	6	4	3	3	20	15	13	11	10	11
	Mid-East	73	81	84	80	83	82	3	2	3	3	2	2	24	17	13	17	15	17
	Mid-West	65	72	74	76	79	80	8	3	6	4	5	4	27	25	20	21	16	16
	South-East	61	69	73	75	75	76	7	4	5	4	6	4	32	28	22	22	20	19
	South-West	66	73	75	78	76	77	4	4	6	4	5	4	30	23	20	19	20	20
Type of household Internet connection
	Broadband	86	89	90	91	91	91	3	2	3	2	3	2	11	9	8	7	7	7
	Narrowband	78	85	85	86	85	90	5	4	5	4	6	2	16	12	11	10	10	8
	No internet	20	20	18	19	19	13	11	11	16	13	11	10	69	69	67	69	70	77
	Unknown internet	39	39	51	40	45	33	4	2	6	7	7	5	57	58	44	53	49	63
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	51	59	62	60	65	63	8	5	6	7	6	5	41	36	32	34	29	32
	2 adults no dependent children	62	68	70	74	74	73	5	4	5	3	4	4	34	28	25	24	22	23
	3 or more adults no dependent children	71	77	78	79	80	82	3	2	4	4	4	3	26	21	18	17	16	15
	1 adult with dependent children	69	81	81	84	89	87	9	11	12	8	5	5	22	8	7	8	6	9
	2 adults with dependent children	79	87	89	90	92	93	5	3	4	4	3	3	16	10	7	6	5	4
	3 or more adults with dependent children	75	80	83	82	85	87	5	3	5	5	3	3	21	17	13	13	12	11
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	46	57	56	58	62	59	7	6	8	7	6	7	47	36	36	35	32	35
	1	70	75	79	81	81	82	6	4	5	4	4	3	25	21	16	15	15	15
	2	80	87	89	90	91	92	4	2	3	3	2	2	16	10	8	8	7	6
	3+	79	87	88	88	87	90	3	2	3	2	3	1	18	11	9	10	11	9

Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.

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Table 2(b) Individuals' use of the internet classified by detailed frequency of use, 2012 to 2015
														% of individuals
						At least once a week				At least once a month				Didn't use in
		Every day				(but not every day)				(but not every week)				last 3 months
		2012	2013	2014	2015	2012	2013	2014	2015	2012	2013	2014	2015	2012	2013	2014	2015

State		58	61	65	67	15	14	12	11	3	3	3	3	23	22	21	20
Sex
	Male	59	61	64	66	14	13	12	11	2	4	3	3	23	22	21	21
	Female	57	62	66	68	17	14	12	11	3	3	4	2	23	21	19	19
Age Group
	16-29	78	79	86	90	12	12	7	4	2	2	2	1	8	8	4	5
	30-44	70	74	77	79	16	14	12	11	2	3	3	2	11	10	8	8
	45-59	48	57	54	56	19	14	15	15	3	5	5	4	30	24	26	25
	60-74	21	28	26	29	15	14	12	12	3	4	4	4	60	54	57	55
Principal Economic Status
	At work	70	72	74	76	15	13	11	11	2	3	3	2	13	12	12	11
	Unemployed	51	56	56	61	18	16	16	13	3	4	5	3	27	24	24	24
	Student	86	91	94	98	8	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	7	2	1	1
	Home duties	40	46	45	47	18	17	15	14	3	3	5	3	37	34	36	36
	Retired	29	29	34	34	17	16	15	13	4	4	4	5	50	51	48	49
	Other	32	33	31	40	13	13	13	9	4	5	7	3	50	49	50	47
Region
	Border	50	51	55	60	19	15	13	14	3	5	6	4	28	30	27	23
	Midland	53	60	64	66	11	13	10	7	4	3	4	5	32	24	23	23
	West	56	57	60	59	16	14	13	13	2	4	2	3	26	25	25	25
	Dublin	67	71	74	76	12	12	10	8	2	2	3	2	18	15	13	14
	Mid-East	63	63	65	68	18	14	14	12	2	3	4	2	16	20	17	19
	Mid-West	56	58	61	64	15	13	13	13	3	4	5	3	26	24	21	20
	South-East	51	54	61	62	18	16	11	12	4	5	3	2	27	26	25	24
	South-West	55	61	62	65	16	14	11	10	3	3	3	2	25	22	24	24
Type of Internet connection
	Broadband	70	73	75	77	17	15	13	12	2	3	3	3	10	9	9	9
	Narrowband	62	63	67	70	18	18	16	15	4	6	2	5	15	14	15	10
	No internet	7	10	9	7	7	6	6	4	3	3	5	2	83	81	81	87
	Unknown internet	28	22	26	20	17	14	14	12	5	4	5	1	50	60	55	67
Household composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	44	44	50	51	16	12	11	10	2	4	4	2	38	40	35	37
	2 adults no dependent children	53	58	59	60	14	12	12	10	3	4	3	3	30	26	26	27
	3 or more adults no dependent children	62	64	69	72	13	12	8	9	3	4	3	2	22	21	20	18
	1 adult with dependent children	57	62	74	74	19	18	13	12	3	4	5	1	20	16	11	13
	2 adults with dependent children	68	72	74	79	18	16	14	12	3	3	3	3	11	10	8	7
	3 or more adults with dependent children	63	64	70	71	17	15	12	12	2	4	4	3	18	18	15	13
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	37	39	44	45	16	15	13	11	3	4	5	3	44	42	38	42
	1	59	63	65	67	17	15	13	12	3	3	3	3	21	19	19	18
	2	72	75	79	80	15	11	10	10	2	3	2	2	11	10	9	8
	3+	74	73	75	80	12	12	9	7	3	3	3	2	12	12	13	10
Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.

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Table 3 Individuals who recently used the internet (in the last 3 months) classified by types of internet activities, 2015
							% of individuals
		Email	Video / Voice calls over the internet	Social networking	Reading or downloading news	Services related to travel	Selling of goods or services	Internet banking	Unweighted Sample

State		84	36	66	48	53	13	64	6,422
Sex
	Male	82	36	61	49	53	15	63	2,472
	Female	85	36	70	46	53	12	65	3,950
Age Group
	16-29	84	40	88	46	51	14	58	837
	30-44	85	40	71	51	57	15	73	2,629
	45-59	82	28	46	46	52	11	63	1,944
	60-74	80	29	32	44	48	8	49	1,012
Principal Economic Status
	At work	86	39	64	51	60	15	74	3,838
	Unemployed	79	26	67	43	37	10	49	493
	Student	88	40	89	48	47	15	51	319
	Home duties	75	29	66	38	40	11	51	1,011
	Retired	85	31	30	49	55	8	54	532
	Other	71	28	56	36	36	6	44	229
Region
	Border	79	30	64	41	43	12	64	601
	Midland	76	26	66	41	38	7	55	430
	West	85	29	63	43	43	10	57	463
	Dublin	88	47	69	63	63	17	71	1,977
	Mid-East	80	34	66	50	49	11	67	742
	Mid-West	79	35	61	37	53	18	64	528
	South-East	78	34	63	28	46	10	58	634
	South-West	88	28	65	43	59	13	61	1,047
Type of household Internet connection
	Broadband	84	37	66	48	54	13	65	6,152
	Narrowband	79	26	65	44	53	9	62	102
	No internet	59	18	49	27	33	11	29	139
	Unknown internet	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	29
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	84	32	55	51	51	12	60	926
	2 adults no dependent children	85	40	61	53	60	14	69	1,637
	3 or more adults no dependent children	86	39	70	48	53	13	61	1,029
	1 adult with dependent children	74	30	84	35	40	9	62	282
	2 adults with dependent children	85	37	66	47	53	15	70	1,933
	3 or more adults with dependent children	78	26	70	38	44	13	50	615
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	78	29	62	44	39	9	47	1,257
	1	83	36	65	45	51	13	62	2,221
	2	87	39	66	51	60	15	74	2478
	3+	81	41	74	50	57	15	60	466

Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.
Note 3: More than type of activity may be given by respondents
Note 4: * Sample occurrence too small for estimation.

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Table 4(a) Individuals that use the internet classified by types of purchases made online during the last 12 months, 2015
							% of individuals
		Food and Groceries	Household goods	Clothes or sports goods	Electronic equipment	Share purchases/financial services / insurance	Films/music	Books magazines newspapers e-learning material	Computer hardware

State		4	14	31	14	5	13	18	3
Sex
	Male	3	11	24	19	6	15	17	4
	Female	4	16	37	10	5	10	19	1
Age Group
	16-29	3	10	45	19	4	16	19	3
	30-44	7	24	40	19	8	18	24	4
	45-59	3	11	22	11	5	10	17	2
	60-74	1	4	6	4	2	3	8	1
Principal Economic Status
	At work	5	18	37	18	8	18	24	4
	Unemployed	2	7	21	13	2	7	9	2
	Student	3	7	46	17	3	14	19	3
	Home duties	4	15	23	7	2	6	10	1
	Retired	1	5	8	7	3	4	11	1
	Other	2	8	16	6	2	6	7	1
Region
	Border	2	11	31	11	4	8	12	1
	Midland	3	15	32	13	4	8	21	1
	West	3	11	29	14	4	7	9	2
	Dublin	5	16	35	19	8	19	25	4
	Mid-East	5	19	34	13	4	17	19	3
	Mid-West	4	13	29	14	4	11	19	3
	South-East	2	9	23	11	6	8	11	1
	South-West	4	11	28	14	3	11	17	3
Type of household Internet connection
	Broadband	5	16	35	17	6	15	21	3
	Narrowband	7	12	35	9	3	8	12	4
	No internet	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	0
	Unknown internet	0	3	10	3	0	1	4	0
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	2	6	18	9	5	10	16	3
	2 adults no dependent children	3	9	24	15	5	14	19	3
	3 or more adults no dependent children	2	7	33	16	3	12	16	2
	1 adult with dependent children	5	24	41	9	4	11	11	1
	2 adults with dependent children	8	28	42	18	8	16	22	3
	3 or more adults with dependent children	3	11	31	12	3	10	14	3
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	2	7	17	8	2	4	9	1
	1	3	13	29	14	5	14	18	3
	2	6	20	40	19	8	18	24	4
	3+	4	10	40	18	4	15	23	2


Table 4(a) contd. Individuals that use the internet classified by types of purchases made online during the last 12 months, 2015
							% of individuals
		Telecommunication services	Holiday accommodation	Other travel arrangements	Tickets for events	Medicine	E learning material	Other

State		10	27	29	29	1	3	7
Sex
	Male	11	26	29	27	1	3	8
	Female	9	29	30	31	1	2	6
Age Group
	16-29	11	28	31	39	1	3	9
	30-44	14	37	40	37	2	4	7
	45-59	8	26	27	24	1	2	7
	60-74	3	11	11	8	0	1	4
Principal Economic Status
	At work	13	38	40	38	2	3	8
	Unemployed	4	12	15	14	1	1	6
	Student	12	21	28	37	1	4	9
	Home duties	5	14	16	14	1	1	4
	Retired	5	16	17	12	0	1	6
	Other	5	13	11	12	1	2	3
Region
	Border	10	24	25	25	0	2	14
	Midland	12	20	21	19	1	1	7
	West	7	19	21	20	2	1	3
	Dublin	13	38	42	38	2	4	7
	Mid-East	10	28	28	33	1	3	5
	Mid-West	12	24	27	27	1	2	6
	South-East	7	20	21	20	0	2	8
	South-West	5	24	26	29	1	2	4
Type of household Internet connection
	Broadband	11	32	34	33	1	3	8
	Narrowband	8	27	25	25	2	3	11
	No internet	0	2	2	2	0	0	1
	Unknown internet	3	6	6	5	1	2	3
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	6	20	21	18	1	3	5
	2 adults no dependent children	10	30	31	29	1	3	7
	3 or more adults no dependent children	9	25	29	34	1	2	8
	1 adult with dependent children	8	18	20	22	1	2	7
	2 adults with dependent children	14	36	37	35	2	4	7
	3 or more adults with dependent children	6	21	23	26	1	2	6
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	5	11	13	11	0	1	4
	1	10	26	27	26	2	3	6
	2	14	41	42	42	1	4	9
	3+	9	31	35	39	2	2	9
Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.
Note 3: More than one type of purchase may be given by respondents

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Table 4(b) Individuals who use the internet who did not purchase online in the last 12 months classified by reasons for not buying online, 2015
							% of individuals who did not purchase online
		Prefer to shop in person	Lack of skills or knowledge	Delivery of goods over the internet (e.g. takes too long)	Payment security or privacy concerns	Concerns about receiving or returning goods	No payment card	Retailers do not sell to my country	Other reason/not stated	Unweighted Sample
		Prefer to shop in person	Lack of skills or knowledge	Delivery of goods over the internet (e.g. takes too long)	Payment security or privacy concerns	Concerns about receiving or returning goods	No payment card	Retailers do not sell to my country	Other reason/not stated	Unweighted Sample

State		62	15	3	16	6	8	1	7	2,787
Sex
	Male	58	15	2	15	4	7	1	10	1,111
	Female	66	15	4	17	7	8	0	5	1,676
Age Group
	16-29	55	4	3	9	6	21	2	11	247
	30-44	63	12	4	16	6	6	1	8	862
	45-59	63	20	3	17	5	4	0	6	934
	60-74	67	24	3	22	6	2	0	4	744
Principal Economic Status
	At work	66	12	5	16	6	3	1	6	1,343
	Unemployed	49	14	1	17	6	12	1	14	275
	Student	50	2	1	9	2	21	1	14	105
	Home duties	66	22	5	18	8	10	0	5	561
	Retired	71	24	2	21	4	3	0	4	354
	Other	48	28	1	14	5	15	0	10	149
Region
	Border	55	15	1	12	5	4	0	12	282
	Midland	74	10	1	7	2	4	1	10	175
	West	69	12	6	20	12	13	4	5	219
	Dublin	64	12	1	14	3	7	1	4	735
	Mid-East	59	10	3	12	2	5	0	9	286
	Mid-West	68	17	1	18	7	9	1	7	236
	South-East	51	22	7	19	8	11	1	14	352
	South-West	63	20	6	21	8	7	0	4	502
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	61	18	5	17	5	8	0	5	529
	2 adults no dependent children	63	18	3	20	7	5	0	7	791
	3 or more adults no dependent children	68	13	1	13	4	7	1	7	468
	1 adult with dependent children	62	8	7	13	9	15	0	11	116
	2 adults with dependent children	64	12	4	15	6	4	1	7	609
	3 or more adults with dependent children	49	15	2	14	5	18	3	11	274
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	57	20	2	16	5	13	0	6	816
	1	63	14	4	18	6	5	0	8	1,010
	2	63	12	4	16	6	7	2	7	787
	3+	73	11	2	6	3	4	1	6	174

Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.
Note 3: More than one reason may be given by respondents.

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Table 4(c) Individuals who purchased over the internet in the last 3 months classified by number of purchases made in this period, 2015
				% of individuals who purchased over the internet in the last 3 months
		Number of internet purchases made						Unweighted Sample
			1 to 2	3 to 5	6 to 10	More than 10	Not stated	Unweighted Sample

State			41	38	14	7	0	3,403
Sex
	Male		42	37	14	8	0	1,262
	Female		40	38	14	7	0	2,141
Age Group
	16-29		48	35	12	5	1	511
	30-44		35	40	15	10	0	1,615
	45-59		40	37	16	7	0	945
	60-74		46	37	9	7	1	332
Principal Economic Status
	At work		37	40	15	9	0	2,245
	Unemployed		53	33	10	4	0	206
	Student		53	35	10	2	0	184
	Home duties		40	37	16	8	0	468
	Retired		46	34	10	9	1	210
	Other		40	28	26	6	0	90
Region
	Border		46	37	10	5	2	299
	Midland		45	37	10	8	0	247
	West		46	39	10	5	0	217
	Dublin		37	38	15	10	0	1,150
	Mid-East		39	37	18	6	0	422
	Mid-West		45	29	17	9	0	267
	South-East		40	42	12	7	0	273
	South-West		41	40	13	6	0	528
Type of household Internet connection
	Broadband		40	38	14	8	0	3,298
	Narrowband		53	31	13	3	0	58
	Unknown internet		*	*	*	*	*	10
	No internet		[57]	[36]	[4]	[2]	[0]	37
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children		41	40	10	7	2	393
	2 adults no dependent children		40	38	14	8	0	807
	3 or more adults no dependent children		48	37	11	4	0	510
	1 adult with dependent children		38	44	12	6	1	164
	2 adults with dependent children		36	37	17	10	0	1,211
	3 or more adults with dependent children		45	34	13	8	0	318
Number of persons at work in the household
	0		51	34	10	5	0	499
	1		39	38	15	8	1	1,122
	2		37	39	16	9	0	1,535
	3+		48	36	10	5	0	247

Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.
Note 3: * Sample occurrence too small for estimation.
Note 4: Figures in parentheses [ ] indicate percentages based on small numbers, and are, therefore, subject to a wide margin of error.

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Table 5 Percentage of individuals that use the internet to store files electronically classified by personal characteristics, 2014 and 2015
	% of individuals who used the internet in the last 3 months
		2014	2015	Unweighted Sample (2015)
		2014	2015	Unweighted Sample (2015)
State		35	44	6,422
Sex
	Male	37	46	2,472
	Female	32	41	3,950
Age Group
	16-29	42	56	837
	30-44	39	48	2,629
	45-59	27	33	1,944
	60-74	15	22	1,012
Principal Economic Status
	At work	39	47	3,838
	Unemployed	27	35	493
	Student	46	60	319
	Home duties	20	28	1,011
	Retired	16	26	532
	Other	20	28	229
Region
	Border	23	35	601
	Midland	29	43	430
	West	32	36	463
	Dublin	43	51	1,977
	Mid-East	30	48	742
	Mid-West	31	36	528
	South-East	35	41	634
	South-West	34	42	1,047
Type of household Internet connection
	Broadband	36	44	6,152
	Narrowband	31	43	102
	No internet	8	19	139
	Unknown internet	16	*	29
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	29	38	926
	2 adults no dependent children	37	45	1,637
	3 or more adults no dependent children	40	48	1,029
	1 adult with dependent children	28	37	282
	2 adults with dependent children	36	45	1,933
	3 or more adults with dependent children	29	42	615
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	26	33	1,257
	1	33	41	2,221
	2	40	50	2,478
	3+	41	51	466

Note 1: Data are subject to sampling and other survey errors, which are relatively greater in respect of smaller values.
Note 2: Individuals represent all individuals aged 16-74.
Note 3: Files include documents, pictures,music, video or other files
Note 4: * Sample occurrence too small for estimation.

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About the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) household survey

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) household survey covers a range of topics related to the use of ICT by households and individuals. The ICT questionnaire focuses on the use of ICT for non-work related activities. The survey was conducted in the 1st Quarter of 2015 and asked respondents about their ICT activities over the previous 12 months. Each year the survey includes a specific group of questions relating to a particular area of ICT In 2015 additional questions relating to the e-commerce were included.

Reference period

A module on Information communication technology (ICT) is included in the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in the three months from January to March each year (Quarter 1). The questionnaire asks questions about ICT activities for the reference period of twelve months prior to the interviews taking place.

Purpose of survey

The annual ICT Household survey by the QNHS contributes to the EU requirement under Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L143, 30.04.2004, p. 49). The QNHS began in September 1997, replacing the annual April Labour Force Survey (LFS). The purpose of the survey is the production of quarterly labour force estimates and occasional reports on special social topics. The ICT Household questionnaire is conducted in Quarter 1 as part of the QNHS. The annual ICT household survey is one of the special module subjects that make up the ad hoc module surveys appended onto the main QNHS Labour Force Survey.

Grossing

The QNHS grossing procedure aligns the distribution of persons covered in the survey with independently determined population estimates at the level of sex, five-year age group and region.

Statistical significance

All estimates based on sample surveys are subject to error, some of which is measurable. Where an estimate is statistically significantly different from another estimate it means that we can be 95% confident that differences between those two estimates are not due to sampling error. Unless otherwise stated, changes and differences mentioned in the text have been found to be statistically significant at the 95% confidence level

Survey Questionnaire

The 2015 ICT household questionnaire is available at

ICT Household Survey Q1 2015 (PDF 340KB)

Detailed Methodology and Background notes available at

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