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E-mail: income&modules@cso.ie Felix Coleman (+353) 21 453 5129 Caroline Barrett (+353) 21 453 5485 Anne McGrath (+353) 21 453 5487

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CSO statistical release, 20 December 2013, 11am

Information Society Statistics - Households

2013


				% of households
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Households with access to a computer	70	73	76	81	83	84
Households with access to the internet	63	67	72	78	81	82

82% of households have access to the internet

Fig1 Percentage of households with computer and internet access by year

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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.

Summary of main findings

It is estimated that 84% of households in 2013 have access to a computer at home See table 1a.
82% of households have access to the internet at home. See table 1b
78% of individuals used the internet in the last 3 months. 61% of individuals used the internet every day in the last three months. See tables 2a and 2b
The most popular activities of individuals who accessed the internet in the last three months were email (67% of individuals), Finding information about goods or services (61%), Social networking (48%) and Using services related to travel or travel related accommodation (45%). See table 3
Other travel arrangements (28%), Holiday accommodation (26%) and Tickets for events (26%) were the most popular types of internet purchases in the 12 months prior to Q1 2013. See table 4

Show Table 1(a) Households with a computer by the characteristics of the household, 2008 to 2013

Table 1(a) Households with a computer by the characteristics of the household, 2008 to 2013
												% of households

		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
		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

State		70	9,003	73	8,287	76	7,826	81	6,365	83	10,018	84	10,283

Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	39	1,469	42	1,456	48	1,478	56	1,169	58	1,714	56	1,810
	2 adults no dependent children	62	2,468	66	2,246	71	2,139	74	1,727	76	2,771	80	2,686
	3 or more adults no dependent children	83	1,646	86	1,481	90	1,214	91	1,033	92	1,576	94	1,534
	1 adult with dependent children	62	335	61	339	68	404	79	336	79	500	80	532
	2 adults with dependent children	86	2,169	88	1,977	92	1,945	94	1,592	96	2,551	96	2,775
	3 or more adults with dependent children	86	916	91	788	94	646	96	508	97	906	96	946

Number of persons at work in the household
	0	39	1,937	43	2,058	51	2,211	60	1,906	61	2,960	62	3,036
	1	69	2,930	73	2,797	80	2,705	84	2,220	87	3,506	88	3,484
	2	85	3,207	89	2,734	92	2,427	94	1,871	96	2,984	96	3,158
	3+	87	929	94	698	97	483	98	368	98	568	98	605

Internet Type
	Broadband	100	3,656	100	4,423	100	4,757	100	4,116	100	6,686	99	7,072
	Narrowband	99	1,783	99	980	99	658	98	715	96	1,137	94	1,163
	No internet	21	3,429	19	2,776	18	2,256	14	1,421	14	1,967	14	1,840
	Unknown internet	97	135	98	108	97	155	99	113	97	228	96	208

Population
	Densely populated	76	2,687	78	2,856	81	2,352	85	2,174	85	3,056	86	3,301
	Intermediate populated	68	2,213	70	1,787	77	1,836	81	1,534	83	2,596	84	2,444
	Thinly populated	67	4,103	71	3,644	73	3,638	77	2,657	80	4,366	82	4,538

Region
	Border	61	1,037	62	952	65	874	70	602	78	1,205	77	1,154
	Midlands	66	603	70	422	72	448	81	321	77	593	85	626
	West	65	786	71	637	76	890	81	670	84	896	82	970
	Dublin	77	1,781	79	2,126	82	1,642	86	1,486	86	2,132	87	2,390
	Mid-East	78	831	77	822	85	843	89	545	90	776	88	1,062
	Mid-West	67	966	71	841	77	874	80	759	80	1,085	81	1,025
	South-East	67	1,285	71	955	72	1,087	74	902	81	1,424	83	1,301
	South-West	69	1,714	71	1,532	75	1,168	78	1,080	80	1,907	83	1,755

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 connection to the internet by the characteristics of the household, 2008 to 2013
												% of households

		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
		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

State		63	9,003	67	8,287	72	7,826	78	6,365	81	10,018	82	10,283
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	32	1,469	35	1,456	42	1,478	51	1,169	55	1,714	55	1,810
	2 adults no dependent children	54	2,468	59	2,246	66	2,139	72	1,727	74	2,771	78	2,686
	3 or more adults no dependent children	75	1,646	80	1,481	85	1,214	88	1,033	90	1,576	92	1,534
	1 adult with dependent children	51	335	52	339	61	404	76	336	78	500	82	532
	2 adults with dependent children	79	2,169	82	1,977	87	1,945	93	1,592	95	2,551	95	2,775
	3 or more adults with dependent children	79	916	86	788	90	646	95	508	96	906	95	946
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	31	1,937	36	2,058	44	2,211	56	1,906	58	2,960	61	3,036
	1	61	2,930	67	2,797	75	2,705	82	2,220	85	3,506	87	3,484
	2	78	3,207	84	2,734	89	2,427	93	1,871	96	2,984	95	3,158
	3+	81	929	88	698	93	483	97	368	98	568	98	605
Internet Type
	Broadband	100	3,656	100	4,423	100	4,757	100	4,116	100	6,686	100	7,072
	Narrowband	100	1,783	100	980	100	658	100	715	100	1,137	100	1,163
	No internet	0	3,429	0	2,776	0	2,256	0	1,421	0	1,967	0	1,840
	Unknown internet	100	135	100	108	100	155	100	113	100	228	100	208
Population
	Densely populated	70	2,687	74	2,856	77	2,352	83	2,174	85	3,056	86	3,301
	Intermediate populated	60	2,213	63	1,787	73	1,836	79	1,534	81	2,596	83	2,444
	Thinly populated	59	4,103	63	3,644	67	3,638	74	2,657	78	4,366	80	4,538
Region
	Border	53	1,037	56	952	60	874	66	602	75	1,205	75	1,154
	Midlands	54	603	63	422	66	448	79	321	74	593	82	626
	West	55	786	63	637	70	890	79	670	82	896	81	970
	Dublin	71	1,781	75	2,126	78	1,642	84	1,486	86	2,132	87	2,390
	Mid-East	72	831	71	822	81	843	87	545	87	776	86	1,062
	Mid-West	60	966	62	841	73	874	77	759	79	1,085	80	1,025
	South-East	59	1,285	64	955	65	1,087	71	902	79	1,424	81	1,301
	South-West	62	1,714	65	1,532	70	1,168	76	1,080	78	1,907	81	1,755
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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Show Table 1(c) Why households do not have an internet connection, Q1 2013

Table 1(c ) Why households do not have an internet connection, Q1 2013
								% of households without internet access
		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	Physical disability	Unweighted sample
State		12	40	18	18	39	3	3	1	1,795
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	9	42	15	16	46	3	1	2	833
	2 adults no dependent children	11	47	11	11	43	3	3	0	576
	3 or more adults no dependent children	12	44	22	20	32	2	2	1	113
	1 adult with dependent children	23	14	51	46	11	2	1	0	96
	2 adults with dependent children	20	21	29	28	12	4	16	0	135
	3 or more adults with dependent children	[11]	[19]	[31]	[26]	[22]	[5]	[7]	0	42
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	7	42	18	17	45	3	1	1	1,180
	1	17	35	18	20	31	4	4	1	458
	2	29	34	13	14	15	4	16	0	143
	3+	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	14
Population
	Densely populated	15	36	25	23	37	3	0	1	474
	Intermediate populated	11	37	16	18	35	3	1	2	411
	Thinly populated	10	43	14	14	42	3	6	1	910
Region
	Border	9	46	17	18	39	3	5	1	277
	Midlands	6	39	9	11	40	2	8	3	111
	West	10	53	13	13	38	3	4	1	183
	Dublin	13	37	29	27	35	1	0	1	316
	Mid-East	15	37	13	14	33	1	5	1	150
	Mid-West	12	36	11	11	39	1	1	0	201
	South-East	15	37	15	13	43	3	3	2	239
	South-West	11	35	18	19	45	9	3	1	318

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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Show Table 2(a) Individuals' use of the internet by frequency of use, household and individual characteristics 2008 to 2013

Table 2 (a ) Individuals' use of the internet by frequency of use, household and individual characteristics 2008 to 2013
																		% of individuals
		Used within last 3 months						Used but not in the last 3 months						Never used the internet
		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013

State		63	65	67	75	77	78	6	5	5	4	5	4	32	30	27	21	18	18
Sex
	Male	61	64	66	73	77	78	6	4	5	3	5	4	34	32	29	23	18	18
	Female	64	66	69	76	77	79	6	5	5	4	5	4	30	29	26	19	18	17
Age Group
	16-29	80	85	87	93	92	93	6	5	4	4	4	3	14	10	9	3	3	5
	30-44	72	74	79	87	89	90	6	5	6	3	4	4	22	21	15	10	7	6
	45-59	50	53	56	65	70	76	6	5	6	4	6	5	44	42	39	31	24	19
	60-74	24	25	27	38	40	46	4	3	5	5	7	5	72	72	67	58	53	49
Principal Economic Status
	At work	72	75	77	84	88	88	5	4	5	3	3	3	23	21	19	14	9	9
	Unemployed	46	60	63	74	73	76	8	8	8	5	8	6	46	32	30	21	19	18
	Student	91	95	97	97	94	98	2	3	1	1	3	1	7	2	2	1	4	2
	Home duties	44	41	47	57	63	66	7	7	7	6	8	5	49	52	46	37	30	29
	Retired	32	30	35	43	50	49	5	4	7	6	7	7	63	65	58	51	43	44
	Other	33	33	33	51	50	51	7	6	9	7	8	8	60	62	59	43	42	41
Region
	Border	53	48	56	64	72	70	8	8	9	7	6	6	39	44	36	28	22	24
	Midland	58	61	60	74	69	76	6	2	4	2	5	5	36	37	35	25	27	19
	West	53	59	69	74	75	75	8	6	4	3	5	4	39	35	27	23	20	21
	Dublin	74	76	75	81	82	85	3	4	5	4	6	4	23	20	20	15	13	11
	Mid-East	67	70	73	81	84	80	4	4	3	2	3	3	30	27	24	17	13	17
	Mid-West	59	63	65	72	74	76	8	7	8	3	6	4	34	30	27	25	20	21
	South-East	54	58	61	69	73	75	7	5	7	4	5	4	39	37	32	28	22	22
	South-West	61	63	66	73	75	78	6	4	4	4	6	4	33	33	30	23	20	19
'Type of Internet connection
	broadband	87	87	86	89	90	91	3	2	3	2	3	2	10	11	11	9	8	7
	narrowband	74	74	78	85	85	86	6	5	5	4	5	4	20	21	16	12	11	10
	No internet	24	22	20	20	18	19	9	9	11	11	16	13	67	69	69	69	67	69
	Unknown internet	46	26	39	39	51	40	4	6	4	2	6	7	49	68	57	58	44	53
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	47	50	51	59	62	60	5	4	8	5	6	7	48	46	41	36	32	34
	2 adults no dependent children	56	60	62	68	70	74	5	4	5	4	5	3	38	36	34	28	25	24
	3 or more adults no dependent children	68	67	71	77	78	79	5	4	3	2	4	4	27	28	26	21	18	17
	1 adult with dependent children	62	66	69	81	81	84	7	6	9	11	12	8	31	28	22	8	7	8
	2 adults with dependent children	72	75	79	87	89	90	6	6	5	3	4	4	22	19	16	10	7	6
	3 or more adults with dependent children	65	71	75	80	83	82	6	5	5	3	5	5	28	25	21	17	13	13
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	35	39	46	57	56	58	5	6	7	6	8	7	60	54	47	36	36	35
	1	60	64	70	75	79	81	7	5	6	4	5	4	34	31	25	21	16	15
	2	73	78	80	87	89	90	5	4	4	2	3	3	21	19	16	10	8	8
	3+	74	77	79	87	88	88	5	4	3	2	3	2	22	18	18	11	9	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 2(b) How often used the internet in the last 3 months, 2010, 2011 , 2012 and 2013
															% 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
		2010	2011	2012	2013	2010	2011	2012	2013	2010	2011	2012	2013	2010	2011	2012	2013

State		47	55	58	61	16	16	15	14	3	3	3	3	33	25	23	22
Sex
	Male	48	55	59	61	14	15	14	13	2	2	2	4	34	27	23	22
	Female	46	55	57	62	19	18	17	14	4	3	3	3	31	24	23	21
Age Group
	16-29	68	77	78	79	15	14	12	12	3	1	2	2	13	7	8	8
	30-44	56	64	70	74	19	19	16	14	3	3	2	3	21	13	11	10
	45-59	32	43	48	57	19	17	19	14	4	4	3	5	44	35	30	24
	60-74	14	21	21	28	10	13	15	14	2	2	3	4	73	62	60	54
Principal Economic Status
	At work	56	65	70	72	17	16	15	13	3	3	2	3	23	16	13	12
	Unemployed	42	49	51	56	17	20	18	16	2	4	3	4	37	26	27	24
	Student	84	92	86	91	11	5	8	6	3	0	0	1	3	3	7	2
	Home duties	23	30	40	46	19	22	18	17	5	4	3	3	53	43	37	34
	Retired	18	25	29	29	12	16	17	16	3	2	4	4	65	57	50	51
	Other	14	30	32	33	13	16	13	13	4	3	4	5	67	49	50	49
Region
	Border	33	40	50	51	16	21	19	15	5	3	3	5	44	36	28	30
	Midland	38	54	53	60	17	14	11	13	4	3	4	3	40	26	32	24
	West	48	54	56	57	17	15	16	14	4	3	2	4	31	26	26	25
	Dublin	57	66	67	71	15	13	12	12	2	3	2	2	25	19	18	15
	Mid-East	52	57	63	63	18	21	18	14	2	2	2	3	27	19	16	20
	Mid-West	46	54	56	58	14	14	15	13	3	4	3	4	35	28	26	24
	South-East	36	46	51	54	20	18	18	16	4	4	4	5	39	31	27	26
	South-West	46	54	55	61	17	17	16	14	2	2	3	3	34	27	25	22
Type of Internet connection
	Broadband	64	68	70	73	19	18	17	15	3	3	2	3	14	11	10	9
	Narrowband	44	62	62	63	26	19	18	18	7	3	4	6	22	15	15	14
	No internet	8	7	7	10	8	8	7	6	2	3	3	3	80	80	83	81
	Unknown internet	18	18	28	22	19	16	17	14	1	3	5	4	61	61	50	60
Household composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	32	42	44	44	15	14	16	12	2	2	2	4	49	41	38	40
	2 adults no dependent children	45	51	53	58	14	13	14	12	2	3	3	4	38	32	30	26
	3 or more adults no dependent children	54	60	62	64	12	14	13	12	3	3	3	4	29	23	22	21
	1 adult with dependent children	39	54	57	62	25	21	19	18	4	5	3	4	31	19	20	16
	2 adults with dependent children	55	62	68	72	20	21	18	16	4	3	3	3	21	13	11	10
	3 or more adults with dependent children	48	60	63	64	21	17	17	15	5	3	2	4	25	20	18	18
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	27	38	37	39	15	16	16	15	4	3	3	4	54	43	44	42
	1	48	53	59	63	18	18	17	15	3	3	3	3	30	25	21	19
	2	59	68	72	75	17	16	15	11	3	3	2	3	20	13	11	10
	3+	62	73	74	73	14	12	12	12	3	2	3	3	21	13	12	12
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 Activities on the internet in the last 3 months, 2013
							% of individuals
		Email	Video / Voice calls over the internet	Social networking	Reading or downloading news	Finding information about goods or services	Online course	Job search or application

State		67	26	48	33	61	5	17
Sex
	Male	67	27	45	33	61	4	18
	Female	68	25	50	33	61	5	16
Age Group
	16-29	79	37	76	39	70	5	28
	30-44	80	34	59	42	72	7	21
	45-59	64	20	38	27	58	4	15
	60-74	39	12	14	18	35	1	3
Principal Economic Status
	At work	78	32	53	39	71	6	17
	Unemployed	58	21	50	23	55	4	38
	Student	91	44	82	48	74	6	25
	Home duties	53	16	39	24	47	2	12
	Retired	42	13	14	20	37	1	2
	Other	39	13	29	18	35	2	9
Region
	Border	58	18	45	25	52	3	14
	Midland	63	20	48	22	61	3	19
	West	65	26	42	31	58	5	16
	Dublin	77	36	55	47	68	6	19
	Mid-East	70	23	48	27	59	5	18
	Mid-West	63	24	45	33	63	4	18
	South-East	61	23	44	22	56	4	19
	South-West	65	23	41	29	60	4	13
'Type of Internet connection
	broadband	80	33	56	40	73	6	20
	narrowband	67	21	53	29	61	4	17
	No internet	26	7	15	13	18	.	9
	Unknown internet	12	2	8	4	10	0	4
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	51	17	32	25	47	3	11
	2 adults no dependent children	64	29	41	34	59	4	15
	3 or more adults no dependent children	69	28	52	34	61	5	17
	1 adult with dependent children	66	22	67	24	61	4	21
	2 adults with dependent children	79	31	53	40	73	5	21
	3 or more adults with dependent children	68	22	56	27	57	4	20
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	45	15	34	20	41	3	15
	1	70	26	50	32	62	4	20
	2	81	35	54	42	73	6	15
	3+	80	34	59	41	72	8	19

Table 3 contd. Activities on the internet in the last 3 months, 2013
							% of individuals
		Professional networking	Health related information	Services related to travel	Selling of goods or services	Internet banking	Unweighted Sample

State		11	38	45	12	46	10,358
Sex
	Male	12	34	44	13	45	4,686
	Female	10	41	45	10	46	5,672
Age Group
	16-29	12	41	51	17	54	937
	30-44	16	48	54	15	61	3,637
	45-59	9	34	41	9	38	3,197
	60-74	4	22	27	3	22	2,587
Principal Economic Status
	At work	15	43	56	15	58	5,335
	Unemployed	7	30	28	10	27	1,031
	Student	18	46	54	18	60	301
	Home duties	4	32	30	7	30	1,846
	Retired	4	25	30	4	24	1,303
	Other	4	28	19	4	21	542
Region
	Border	6	28	32	8	37	1,202
	Midland	7	41	40	17	38	689
	West	9	36	41	9	39	974
	Dublin	18	45	54	11	55	2,340
	Mid-East	9	40	44	12	46	1,036
	Mid-West	9	39	44	13	47	999
	South-East	9	30	37	13	39	1,314
	South-West	9	35	47	12	46	1,804

'Type of Internet connection
	broadband	14	46	54	14	56	7,086
	narrowband	9	36	41	11	41	1,188
	No internet	3	17	10	1	12	193
	Unknown internet	1	4	5	1	5	1,891
Household Composition
	1 adult, no dependent children	9	26	33	7	32	1,752
	2 adults no dependent children	12	36	48	10	47	2,802
	3 or more adults no dependent children	11	32	46	10	43	1,591
	1 adult with dependent children	6	41	32	8	40	504
	2 adults with dependent children	14	53	53	16	61	2,721
	3 or more adults with dependent children	7	31	36	14	33	988
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	5	26	24	6	21	3,137
	1	11	39	45	12	47	3,469
	2	16	46	59	15	63	3,131
	3+	13	39	59	16	54	621

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 4 Type of purchases made online during the last 12 months, 2013
								% 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	Other computer software and upgrades
State		5	11	23	13	6	23	17	8
Sex
	Male	5	11	21	15	7	21	16	9
	Female	5	11	25	11	6	25	17	7
Age Group
	16-29	6	12	33	16	6	33	16	11
	30-44	7	17	30	18	10	30	22	11
	45-59	3	7	19	11	5	19	15	6
	60-74	1	3	7	5	2	7	8	2
Principal Economic Status
	At work	6	13	29	17	9	29	22	10
	Unemployed	2	7	16	7	2	16	8	3
	Student	8	11	37	22	5	37	21	18
	Home duties	4	9	18	7	3	18	11	4
	Retired	1	4	7	6	2	7	9	3
	Other	3	6	9	8	3	9	6	4
Region
	Border	2	8	19	9	3	19	8	6
	Midland	4	8	25	13	5	25	13	6
	West	3	11	24	13	7	24	15	6
	Dublin	7	14	26	17	11	26	24	11
	Mid-East	7	12	23	13	6	23	17	8
	Mid-West	4	8	22	12	5	22	15	6
	South-East	3	9	19	10	5	19	12	4
	South-West	3	9	23	13	3	23	16	8
'Type of Internet connection
	broadband	6	13	28	17	8	28	21	10
	narrowband	4	11	21	9	6	21	11	4
	No internet	0	0	8	2	1	8	1	0
	Unknown internet	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	0
Household Composition
1 adult, no dependent children		2	5	11	9	6	11	12	6
2 adults no dependent children		3	8	19	14	7	19	19	8
3 or more adults no dependent children		3	5	25	10	4	25	15	7
1 adult with dependent children		4	12	25	7	5	25	12	5
2 adults with dependent children		9	21	31	16	9	31	22	10
3 or more adults with dependent children		4	10	26	16	4	26	12	6
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	2	5	11	6	2	11	7	4
	1	4	11	22	12	7	22	16	8
	2	7	16	32	19	10	32	25	11
	3+	4	8	33	13	7	33	21	10

Table 4 contd. Type of purchases made online during the last 12 months, 2013
									% of individuals
		Computer hardware	Telecommunication services	Holiday accommodation	Other travel arrangements	Tickets for events	Medicine	E learning material	Video games and software upgrades	Other

State		4	8	26	28	26	1	3	7	8
Sex
	Male	5	8	26	29	26	2	4	8	8
	Female	3	7	26	28	26	1	3	7	8
Age Group
	16-29	5	9	27	32	33	2	5	12	8
	30-44	6	11	35	37	34	2	5	11	10
	45-59	3	6	23	25	23	1	2	5	7
	60-74	1	3	12	13	9	0	1	1	5
Principal Economic Status
	At work	5	10	35	38	35	2	4	9	9
	Unemployed	2	5	12	13	12	1	2	5	5
	Student	8	10	28	38	38	3	7	11	14
	Home duties	1	4	15	16	14	1	2	5	4
	Retired	1	3	14	15	9	1	1	2	4
	Other	3	3	11	12	10	1	2	4	4
Region
	Border	2	6	16	18	16	1	2	4	4
	Midland	3	6	22	24	19	1	3	4	6
	West	3	6	24	27	23	1	3	7	9
	Dublin	6	10	36	39	36	2	4	10	10
	Mid-East	4	7	26	28	27	2	3	8	6
	Mid-West	4	8	22	24	22	1	2	6	7
	South-East	3	6	19	21	20	1	3	6	6
	South-West	3	6	25	26	23	1	3	7	9
'Type of Internet connection
	broadband	5	9	33	35	33	2	4	9	9
	narrowband	2	5	20	23	19	1	2	5	7
	No internet	.	1	4	5	6	1	0	0	5
	Unknown internet	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1
Household Composition
1 adult, no dependent children		3	6	18	21	17	1	2	3	6
2 adults no dependent children		4	8	27	30	27	1	3	7	8
3 or more adults no dependent children		4	6	25	28	28	1	2	6	8
1 adult with dependent children		2	5	16	16	17	1	3	7	4
2 adults with dependent children		5	10	34	35	32	2	4	12	8
3 or more adults with dependent children		4	7	22	24	23	1	3	7	7
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	2	2	9	11	9	1	2	4	4
	1	3	8	25	27	25	1	3	7	8
	2	6	11	40	42	38	2	4	11	10
	3+	4	8	33	38	38	3	4	8	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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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 effect

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 2013 ICT household questionnaire is available at

Detailed Methodology and Background notes available at

Information Society Statistics - Households

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