# L_2022213EN.01001301.xml

| 16.8.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 213/13 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

16.8.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 213/13

---

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/1399

of 1 August 2022

specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain for the reference year 2023 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (1), and in particular Article 7(1), Article 8(3) and Article 13(6) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | In order to facilitate the transmission of information from the Member States to the Commission (Eurostat), technical formats covering concepts, processes, including data and metadata, should be established for the transmission of information. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

In order to facilitate the transmission of information from the Member States to the Commission (Eurostat), technical formats covering concepts, processes, including data and metadata, should be established for the transmission of information.

| (2) | For the purpose of assessing the quality of statistics to be transmitted in the use of information and communication technologies domain, the detailed arrangements for the annual quality reports should be specified. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

For the purpose of assessing the quality of statistics to be transmitted in the use of information and communication technologies domain, the detailed arrangements for the annual quality reports should be specified.

| (3) | To ensure the accurate implementation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

To ensure the accurate implementation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set.

| (4) | In order to allow the Commission (Eurostat) to retrieve the data by electronic means, data transmission and the submission of the annual quality report should be made through the Single Entry Point. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

In order to allow the Commission (Eurostat) to retrieve the data by electronic means, data transmission and the submission of the annual quality report should be made through the Single Entry Point.

| (5) | For the categories of the characteristics listed in the Annex, Member States and the Union institutions should use, where appropriate, the statistical classifications for the territorial units, education, occupation and economic sector that are compatible with the NUTS (2), ISCED (3), ISCO (4) and NACE (5) classifications. |
| --- | --- |

(5)

For the categories of the characteristics listed in the Annex, Member States and the Union institutions should use, where appropriate, the statistical classifications for the territorial units, education, occupation and economic sector that are compatible with the NUTS (2), ISCED (3), ISCO (4) and NACE (5) classifications.

| (6) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, |
| --- | --- |

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation specifies the technical items of the data set, establishes the technical formats for the transmission of information from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat) and specifies the detailed arrangements for transmission and content of the quality reports in the use of information and communication technologies domain.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

| (1) | ‘fieldwork period’ means the period of time during which the data collection from respondents is conducted; |
| --- | --- |

(1)

‘fieldwork period’ means the period of time during which the data collection from respondents is conducted;

| (2) | ‘reference period’ means the period of time to which a particular item of information relates. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

‘reference period’ means the period of time to which a particular item of information relates.

Article 3

Description of variables

The technical characteristics of variables, laid down in the Annex, shall refer to:

| (a) | variable identifier; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

variable identifier;

| (b) | variable name and description; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

variable name and description;

| (c) | codes and labels; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

codes and labels;

| (d) | filter; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

filter;

| (e) | variable type. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

variable type.

Article 4

Characteristics of target populations, observation units and rules for respondents

1.   The target populations in the use of information and communication technologies domain shall be private households in the territory of the Member State and individuals who have their usual residence, as defined in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, in the territory of the Member State.

2.   For the variables listed in the Annex that concern the households, information shall be collected for private households with at least one member aged 16 to 74 residing in the territory of the Member State.

3.   For the variables listed in the Annex that concern the individuals, information shall be collected for individuals aged 16 to 74 residing in the territory of the Member State.

4.   Information regarding individuals aged under 16 or over 74 may be provided on a voluntary basis.

5.   The data collection for the use of information and communication technologies domain shall be carried out for a sample of private households or a sample of persons belonging to private households as observation units.

Article 5

Reference periods and date

1.   The reference period for collecting statistics on the detailed topic ‘interaction with public authorities’, set out in the Annex, shall be the three last quarters of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023.

2.   For all other detailed topics, under topic number 06, ‘information society participation’, set out in the Annex, the reference period shall be the first quarter of 2023.

3.   The time of the first interview shall set the reference date.

Article 6

Data gathering period

For data directly provided by respondents, the fieldwork period shall be the second quarter of 2023.

Article 7

Common standards for data editing, imputation and estimation

1.   Imputation, modelling or weighting shall be applied to the data where information is missing, invalid or inconsistent.

2.   The procedure applied to the data shall preserve the variation and the correlation between variables. Methods that incorporate error components into the imputed values shall be preferable to those that simply impute a predicted value.

3.   Methods which take into account the structure or other characteristics of the joint distribution of the variables shall be preferable to the marginal or univariate approach.

Article 8

Deadline and standards for transmitting data

1.   Member States shall transmit the final data to the Commission (Eurostat) by 5 October 2023.

2.   The data shall be transmitted in the form of microdata files, including appropriate weights. The data must have been fully checked and validated, using the statistical data and metadata exchange standard through the Single Entry Point. That data shall comply with the validation rules in accordance with the specification of variables based on the coding and filters as described in the Annex.

3.   Member States shall provide the metadata to the Commission (Eurostat) in the standard metadata structure defined by the Commission (Eurostat) by 5 January 2024. They shall provide it through the Single Entry Point.

Article 9

Detailed arrangements and content of annual quality reports

1.   Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) an annual quality report on the use of information and communication technologies domain.

2.   The annual quality report shall contain quality-related data and metadata and information on the accuracy and reliability of the survey. It shall describe changes in basic concepts and definitions that affect the comparability over time and across countries. The quality report shall also include information on the compliance with the model questionnaire and on changes in questionnaire design that affect the comparability over time and across countries.

3.   The annual quality report shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with the technical standards established by the Commission (Eurostat), by 5 January 2024.

4.   The annual quality report shall be submitted through the Single Entry Point.

Article 10

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

---

(1)  
  OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.

1

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).

2

(3)  International Standard Classification of Education 2011, http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-isced-2011-en.pdf (available in English and French).

3

(4)  Commission Recommendation of 29 October 2009 on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) (OJ L 292, 10.11.2009, p. 31).

4

(5)  Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

5

---

ANNEX

Description and technical formats of variables collected for each topic and detailed topic of the use of information and communication technologies domain and codes to be used

| Topic | Detailed topic | Variable identifier | Variable name/variable description | Codes | Labels/Categories | Filter | Variable type |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01.Technical Items | Data collection information | REFYEAR | Year of survey | YYYY | Year of survey (4 digits) | All households | Technical |
| 01.Technical Items | Data collection information | INTDATE | Reference date – first interview date | DD/MM/YYYY | Reference date (10 characters) | All individuals | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Data collection information | STRATUM_ID | Stratum | Nnnnnn | Id of the stratum the individual or the household belongs to, from 1 to N, where N is the number of strata | All households | Technical |
| -1 | No stratification |
| 01.Technical items | Data collection information | PSU | Primary sampling unit | Nnnnnn | Id of the primary sampling unit the individual or the household belongs to (from 1 to N, where N is the number of PSUs) | All households, when the target population is divided into clusters (PSUs) | Technical |
| -1 | Not applicable |
| 01.Technical items | Identification | HH_ID | Household ID | XXnnnnnn | Unique id of the household (2 letters for country code, then maximum 22 digits) | All households | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Identification | IND_ID | Individual ID | XxNnnnnn | Unique id of the individual (2 letters for country code, then maximum 22 digits) | All individuals | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Identification | HH_REF_ID | ID of the household the individual belongs to | XxNnnnnn | Id of the household the individual belongs to (2 letters for country code, then maximum 22 digits) | All individuals | Technical |
| Blank | When the individual is aged 15 or less, or 75 or more, and belongs to a household which only contains persons outside the 16-74 age group, this field shall be left blank. |
| 01.Technical items | Weights | HH_WGHT | Household weight | Nnnnn.nnnnnn | Grossing up factor of the household (As many digits as necessary. Decimal point may be used, if needed.) | All households | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Weights | IND_WGHT | Individual weight | Nnnnnn.nnnnn | Grossing up factor of the individual (As many digits as necessary. Decimal point may be used, if needed.) | All individuals | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Interview characteristics | TIME | Interview duration | Nnn | Duration of interview expressed in minutes | All individuals | Technical |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 01.Technical items | Interview characteristics | INT_TYPE | Interview type | 1 | Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI) | All individuals | Technical |
| 2 | Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI) |
| 3 | Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) |
| 4 | Computer-assisted web-interview |
| 5 | Other |
| 01.Technical items | Localisation | COUNTRY | Country of residence | Not Blank | Country of residence (SCL GEO alpha-2 code) | All households | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Localisation | GEO_NUTS1 | Region of residence | Not Blank | NUTS 1 region (3 characters, alphanumeric) | All households | Technical |
| 01.Technical items | Localisation | GEO_NUTS2
  (optional) | Region of residence (optional) | Not Blank | NUTS 2 region (4 characters, alphanumeric) | All households | Technical |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 01.Technical items | Localisation | GEO_NUTS3
  (optional) | Region of residence
  (optional) | Not Blank | NUTS 3 region (5 characters, alphanumeric – NUTS 3 code for future alternate aggregation of regions, not for publication of NUTS 3 breakdowns) | All households | Technical |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 01.Technical items | Localisation | DEG_URBA | Degree of urbanisation | 1 | Cities | All households | Technical |
| 2 | Towns and suburbs |
| 3 | Rural areas |
| 01.Technical items | Localisation | GEO_DEV | Geographical location | 1 | Less developed region | All households | Technical |
| 2 | Transition region |
| 3 | More developed region |
| Blank | Not stated (code for non-EU countries) |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Demography | SEX | Sex | 1 | Male | All individuals | Collected |
| 2 | Female |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Demography | YEARBIR | Year of birth | YYYY | Year of birth (4 digits) | All individuals | Collected |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Demography | PASSBIR | Passing of birthday | 1 | Yes | All individuals | Collected |
| 2 | No |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Demography | AGE | Age in completed years | nnn | Age in completed years (from 1 to 3 digits) | All individuals | Derived |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Citizenship and migrant background | CITIZENSHIP | Country of main citizenship | Not blank | Country of main citizenship (SCL GEO alpha-2 code) | All individuals | Collected |
| STLS | Stateless |
| FOR | Foreign citizenship but country unknown |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Citizenship and migrant background | CNTRYB | Country of birth | Not blank | Country of birth (SCL GEO alpha-2 code) | All individuals | Collected |
| FOR | Foreign-born but country of birth unknown |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_POP | Household size (number of members in the household) | Nn | Number of members of the household (including children) | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_POP_16_24 (optional) | Number of members of the household aged from 16 to 24 (optional) | Nn | Number of members of the household aged from 16 to 24 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_POP_16_24S (optional) | Number of students of the household aged 16 to 24
  (optional) | Nn | Number of students of the household aged 16 to 24 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_POP_25_64 (optional) | Number of members of the household aged from 25 to 64 (optional) | Nn | Number of members of the household aged 25 to 64 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_POP_65_MAX (optional) | Number of members of the household aged more than or equal to 65 (optional) | Nn | Number of members of the household aged more than or equal to 65 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_CHILD | Number of children under 16 | Nn | Number of children under 16 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_CHILD_14_15
  (optional) | Number of children aged from 14 to 15
  (optional) | Nn | Number of children aged from 14 to 15 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_CHILD_5_13
  (optional) | Number of children aged from 5 to 13 (optional) | Nn | Number of children aged from 5 to 13 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 02.Person and household characteristics | Household composition | HH_CHILD_LE_4
  (optional) | Number of children aged less than or equal to 4 (optional) | Nn | Number of children aged less than or equal to 4 | All households | Collected |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 03.Labour market participation | Main activity status (self-defined) | MAINSTAT | Main activity status (self-defined) | 1 | Employed | All individuals aged 16 and more | Collected |
| 2 | Unemployed |
| 3 | Retired |
| 4 | Unable to work due to long-standing health problems |
| 5 | Student, pupil |
| 6 | Fulfilling domestic tasks |
| 7 | Compulsory military or civilian service |
| 8 | Other |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 03.Labour market participation | Elementary job characteristics | STAPRO | Status in employment in main job | 1 | Self-employed person with employees | Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1 | Collected |
| 2 | Self-employed person without employees |
| 3 | Employee |
| 4 | Family worker (unpaid) |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 03.Labour market participation | Elementary job characteristics | NACE1D
  (optional) | Economic activity of the local unit for main job
  (optional) | Not blank | NACE code at section level (one character (from A to U)) | Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1 | Collected |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 03.Labour market participation | Elementary job characteristics | ISCO2D | Occupation in main job | nn | ISCO code at 2-digit level | Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1 | Collected |
| Blank | Not stated |
| -1 | Not applicable |
| 03. Labour market participation | Elementary job characteristics | OCC_ICT | ICT professional or non-ICT professional | 1 | ICT professional | Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Non-ICT professional |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 03. Labour market participation | Elementary job characteristics | OCC_MAN | Manual or non-manual worker | 1 | Manual worker | Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Non-Manual worker |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 03.Labour market participation | Elementary job characteristics | EMPST_WKT
  (optional) | Full- or part-time main job (self-defined)
  (optional) | 1 | Full-time job | Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1 | Collected |
| 2 | Part-time job |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 03.Labour market participation | Duration of contract | EMPST_CONTR (optional) | Permanency of main job
  (optional) | 1 | Permanent job | Individuals where STAPRO = 3 | Collected |
| 2 | Fixed-term contract |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 04.Educational attainment and background | Educational attainment level | ISCEDD | Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed) | 0 | No formal education or below ISCED 1 | All individuals aged 16 and more | Collected |
| 1 | ISCED 1 Primary education |
| 2 | ISCED 2 Lower secondary education |
| 3 | ISCED 3 Upper secondary education |
| 4 | ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education |
| 5 | ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education |
| 6 | ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level |
| 7 | ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level |
| 8 | ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 04.Educational attainment and background | Educational attainment level | ISCED | Educational attainment level aggregated | 0 | At most lower secondary education level (ISCEDD = 0, 1 or 2) | All individuals aged 16 and more | Derived |
| 3 | Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCEDD = 3 or 4) |
| 5 | Tertiary education (ISCEDD = 5, 6, 7 or 8) |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 05. Income, consumption and elements of wealth, including debts | Total monthly household income | HH_IQ5 | Total average net current monthly income | 1 | Lower equivalised net current monthly income group | All households | Collected |
| 2 | Low to medium equivalised net current monthly income group |
| 3 | Medium equivalised net current monthly income group |
| 4 | Medium to high equivalised net current monthly income group |
| 5 | Higher equivalised net current monthly income group |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 06. Information society participation | Access to ICT | IACC | Access of the household to the internet at home (by any device) | 1 | Yes | All households | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| 8 | Don’t know |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IU | Most recent internet use, at any location, with any enabling device | 1 | Within the last 3 months | All individuals | Collected |
| 2 | Between 3 months and a year ago |
| 3 | More than 1 year ago |
| 4 | Never used it |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IFUS | Average frequency of internet use in the last 3 months | 1 | Several times during the day | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 2 | Once a day or almost every day |
| 3 | At least once a week (but not every day) |
| 4 | Less than once a week |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IUG_DKPC | Internet use in the last 3 months on a desktop computer | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IUG_LPC | Internet use in the last 3 months on a laptop | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IUG_TPC | Internet use in the last 3 months on a tablet | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IUG_MP | Internet use in the last 3 months on a mobile phone or smart phone | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Use and frequency of use of ICT | IUG_OTH1 | Internet use in the last 3 months on other devices (such as smart TV, smart speakers, game console, e-book reader, smart watch) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUEM | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for sending/receiving e-mails | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUPH1 | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for making calls (including video calls) over the internet | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUSNET | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for participating in social networks (creating user profile, posting messages or other contributions) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUCHAT1 | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for instant messaging (exchanging messages) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUNW1 | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for reading online news sites, newspapers or news magazines | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IHIF | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for seeking health-related information (such as about injuries, diseases, nutrition, improving health) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUIF | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for finding information about goods or services | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUPOL2 | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for expressing opinions on civic or political issues on websites or in social media | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUVOTE | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for taking part in online consultations or voting to define civic or political issues (such as urban planning, signing a petition) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUJOB | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for looking for a job or sending a job application | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUSELL | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for selling goods or services via a website or app | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUBK | Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for internet banking (including mobile banking) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUOLC | Internet use in the last 3 months for conducting learning activities for educational, professional or private purposes, by doing an online course | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUOLM | Internet use in the last 3 months for conducting learning activities for educational, professional or private purposes, by using online learning material other than a complete online course (such as video tutorials, webinars, electronic textbooks, learning apps or platforms) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Internet activities | IUOCIS1 | Internet use in the last 3 months for conducting learning activities for educational, professional or private purposes, by communicating with educators or learners using audio or video online tools | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVIP | Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in accessing by the respondent information about himself/herself stored by public authorities or public services | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVIDB | Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in accessing by the respondent information from public databases or registers (such as information about availability of books in public libraries, cadastral registers, enterprise registers) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOV12IF | Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in obtaining information by the respondent (for example about services, benefits, entitlements, laws, opening hours) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVIX | Respondent has not accessed any personal records or databases nor obtained any information via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOV12FM | Downloading/printing official forms by the respondent from a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVAPR | Making an appointment or reservation by the respondent via a website or app with public authorities or public services (such as reservation of a book in a public library, appointment with a government servant or a state healthcare provider) for private purpose in the last 12 months | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVPOST
  (Optional) | Receiving by the respondent any official communication or documents sent by public authorities via the respondent’s account on a website or app (name of the service, if applicable in the country) of public authorities or services (such as notifications of fines or invoices, letters, service of court summons, court documents, [national examples]) for private purpose in the last 12 months? Usage of email or SMS based information messages or notifications that a document is available should be excluded. (optional) | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Option not included or Not Stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVTAX1 | Submitting the respondent’s own tax declaration via a website or app for private purpose in the last 12 months | 1 | Yes, the respondent did it himself/herself | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 2 | No, it was done automatically (by the tax authority, employer, other authority) (if applicable in the country) |
| 3 | No, the respondent delivered it to the tax authority in paper format |
| 4 | No, someone else did it on the respondent’s behalf (such as family member, tax adviser) |
| 5 | No, for other reasons (such as not subject to income tax) |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVODC | Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in requesting by the respondent official documents or certificates (such as graduation, birth, marriage, divorce, death, residence certificates, police or criminal records, [national examples]) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVBE | Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in requesting benefits or entitlements by the respondent (such as pension, unemployment, child allowance, enrolment in schools, universities, [national examples]) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IGOVRCC | Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in making other requests, claims or complaints by the respondent (such as reporting theft to the police, launching a legal complaint, requesting legal aid, initiating a civil claim procedure in front of a court, [national examples]) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IRGOVNN | Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months –respondent did not have to request any documents or to make any claims | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IRGOVLS | Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – lack of skills or knowledge (such as respondent did not know how to use the website or app or it was too complicated to use) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IRGOVSEC | Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – concerns about the security of personal data or unwillingness to pay online (credit card fraud) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IRGOVEID
  (Optional) | Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – lack of electronic signature, activated electronic identification (eID) or any other tool to use the eID (required for using the services) [national examples] (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| Blank | Option not included |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IRGOVOP | Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – another person did it on the respondent’s behalf (such as consultant, adviser, relative) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IRGOVOTH | Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – other reason | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IEID | Respondent’s use of his/her electronic identification (eID)(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation (1)] to access online services for private purpose in the last 12 months | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IEIDOC | Type of services for which the respondent has used eID(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation] in the last 12 months – services provided by public authorities or public services of respondent’s country of residence (such as submitting respondent’s tax declaration, applying for social benefits, requesting official certificates, accessing respondent’s health records, [national examples]) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IEIDEC | Type of services for which the respondent has used eID(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation] in the last 12 months – services provided by public authorities or public services of other European countries (such as submitting respondent’s tax declaration, requesting official documents or certificates, [national examples]) (if applicable in the country) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IEIDBS | Type of services for which the respondent has used eID(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation] in the last 12 months – services provided by business sector (such as accessing banking services, login to transport services, identification via eID for example on a digital marketplace, [national examples]) (if applicable in the country) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDNA | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent was not aware of the existence of eID | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDNO | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent doesn’t have an eID | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDNN | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent did not need to access any online services requiring eID | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDSEC | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent feels unsafe using it (concerns about ICT security, personal data protection) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDTEC | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – usability/technical issues (such as too difficult or not user-friendly, lack of appropriate card reader, software incompatibility, it was not accepted for the services the respondent needed to access) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDDEV | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent could not use the eID to access the service via a smartphone or tablet | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Interaction with public authorities | IREIDOTH | Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – other reasons | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IEID = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 8 | The service does not exist in the Member State |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | IBUY | Last purchase or order of goods or services over the internet for private use | 1 | Within the last 3 months | Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2 | Collected |
| 2 | Between 3 months and a year ago |
| 3 | More than 1 year ago |
| 4 | Never bought or ordered over the internet |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BCLOT1 | Internet use for buying clothes (including sport clothing), shoes or accessories (such as bags, jewellery) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where
  IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BSPG | Internet use for buying sports goods (excluding sport clothing) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BCG | Internet use for buying children toys or childcare items (such as nappies, bottles, baby strollers) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFURN1 | Internet use for buying furniture, home accessories (such as carpets or curtains) or gardening products (such as tools, plants) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BMUFL | Internet use for buying music as CDs, vinyls etc. and/or films or series as DVDs, Blu-ray etc. from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BBOOKNLG | Internet use for buying printed books, magazines or newspapers from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BHARD1 | Internet use for buying computers, tablets, mobile phones or accessories from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BEEQU1 | Internet use for buying consumer electronics (such as TV-sets, stereos, cameras, sound bars or smart speakers, virtual assistants) or household appliances (such as washing machines) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BMED1 | Internet use for buying medicine or dietary supplements such as vitamins (excluding online renewal of prescriptions) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFDR | Internet use for buying deliveries from restaurants, fast-food chains, catering services from enterprises or private persons via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFDS | Internet use for buying food or beverages from stores or from meal-kits providers from enterprises or private persons via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BCBW | Internet use for buying cosmetics, beauty or wellness products from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BCPH | Internet use for buying cleaning products or personal hygiene products (such as toothbrushes, handkerchiefs, washing detergents, cleaning cloths) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BBMC | Internet use for buying bicycles, mopeds, cars, or other vehicles or their spare parts from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BOPG | Internet use for buying other physical goods from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BPG_ANY | Internet use for buying any of the listed physical goods from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 9 | IF IBUY = Blank or IBUY<> 1 THEN 9 | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Derived |
| 1 | ELSE IF BCLOT1 = 1 or BSPG = 1 or BCG = 1 or BFURN1 = 1 or BMUFL = 1 or BBOOKNLG = 1 or BHARD1 = 1 or BEEQU1 = 1 or BMED1 = 1 or BFDR = 1 or BFDS = 1 or BCBW = 1 or BCPH = 1 or BBMC = 1 or BOPG = 1 THEN 1 |
| 0 | ELSE 0 |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BPG_DOM | Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from national sellers (from enterprises or private persons) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BPG_EU | Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from sellers from other EU countries (from enterprises or private persons) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BPG_WRLD | Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from sellers from the rest of the world (from enterprises or private persons) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BPG_UNK | Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from sellers where the country of origin is not known (from enterprises or private persons) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BPG_PP | Goods bought from private persons via a website or app | 1 | Yes | Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BMUSS | Internet use for buying or subscribing to music as a streaming service or downloads via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFLMS | Internet use for buying or subscribing to films or series as a streaming service or downloads via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BBOOKNLS | Internet use for buying or subscribing to e-books, online-magazines or online-newspapers via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BGAMES | Internet use for buying or subscribing to games online or as downloads for smartphones, tablets, computers or consoles via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BSOFTS | Internet use for buying or subscribing to computer software or other software as downloads including upgrades via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BHLFTS | Internet use for buying or subscribing to apps related to health or fitness (excluding free apps) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BAPP | Internet use for buying or subscribing to other apps (such as apps related to learning languages, travelling, weather) (excluding free apps) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BSTICK | Internet use for buying tickets to sports events via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BCTICK | Internet use for buying tickets to cultural or other events (such as tickets to cinema, concerts, fairs) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BSIMC | Internet use for buying subscriptions to the internet or mobile phone connections via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BSUTIL | Internet use for buying subscriptions to electricity, water or heating supply, waste disposal or similar services via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BHHS | Internet use for buying household services (such as cleaning, babysitting, repair work, gardening) (also when bought from private persons) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BTPS_E | Internet use for buying transport services from a transport enterprise, such as local bus, flight or train ticket or taxi ride via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BTPS_PP | Internet use for buying transport services from a private person via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BRA_E | Internet use for renting accommodation from enterprises such as hotels or travel agencies via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BRA_PP | Internet use for renting accommodation from a private person via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BOTS (optional) | Internet use for buying any other services (excluding financial and insurance services) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months
  (optional) | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Option not included or not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BF | Number of times goods or services were bought over the internet via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | 1-2 times | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 2 | 3-5 times |
| 3 | 6-10 times |
| 4 | > 10 times |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BTFW1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: website difficult to use or it worked unsatisfactorily (for example it was too complicated, confusing, poorly functioning technically) when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BDGL1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: difficulties encountered in finding information on guarantees or other legal rights when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BSPD1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: slower speed of delivery than that indicated encountered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BCPR1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: final costs higher than indicated (such as unexpected transaction fees or unjustified guarantee fees) experienced when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BWDN1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: wrong or damaged goods or services delivered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BFRA1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: problems with fraud encountered (such as no goods or services received at all, misuse of credit card details) when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BCR1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: complaints and redress were difficult or no satisfactory response after complaint was received when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BDNS1 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: foreign retailer did not sell to the respondent’s own country when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BOTH2 | Problems encountered with internet commerce: other problems encountered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Barriers and problems to use | BARR2X | No problems encountered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IBUY = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFIN_IN1 | Internet use for buying insurance policies, including travel insurance, also as a package together with for example a plane ticket, via a website or app for private purposes in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFIN_CR1 | Internet use for taking a loan or mortgage or arranging credit from banks or other financial providers via a website or app for private purposes in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | e-Commerce | BFIN_SH1 | Internet use for buying or selling shares, bonds, units in funds or other financial assets via a website or app for private purposes in the last 3 months | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CXFER1 | Activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving copying or moving files (such as documents, data, images, video) between folders, devices (for example via email, instant messaging, USB, cable) or on the cloud | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CINSAPP1 | Activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving downloading or installing software or apps | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CCONF1 | Activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving changing settings of software, app or device (such as adjusting language, colours, contrast, text size, toolbars/menu) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CWRD1 | Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving using word processing software | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CPRES2 | Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving creating files (such as document, image, video) incorporating several elements such as text, picture, table, chart, animation or sound | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CXLS1 | Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving using spreadsheet software | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CXLSADV1 | Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving using advanced features of spreadsheet software (functions, formulas, macros and other developer functions) to organise, analyse, structure or modify data | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where CXLS1 = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CEPVA1 | Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving editing photos, video or audio files | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | CPRG2 | Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving writing code in a programming language | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | UDI | Information or content (such as videos, images) seen on internet news sites or social media considered untrue or doubtful by the respondent in the last 3 months | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TIC | Truthfulness of the information or content found on internet news sites or social media checked by respondent in the last 3 months | 1 | Yes | Individuals where UDI = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TICCSFOI | Truthfulness of the information or content found on the internet checked by respondent by checking the sources or finding other information on the internet (such as other news sites) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where TIC = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TICIDIS | Truthfulness of the information or content found on the internet checked by the respondent by following or taking part in discussion on the internet regarding the information | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where TIC = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TICNIDIS | Truthfulness of the information or content found on the internet checked by the respondent by discussing the information offline with other persons or using sources not on the internet | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where TIC = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TICXND | Truthfulness of information or content found on the internet not checked because the respondent already knew that information, content or source was not reliable | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where TIC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TICXSKL | Truthfulness of information or content found on the internet not checked because the respondent lacked skills or knowledge to do so | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where TIC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | TICXOTH | Truthfulness of information or content found on the internet not checked because of other reasons | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where TIC = 0 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HM
  (optional) | Messages encountered online in the last 3 months which are considered by the respondent to be hostile or degrading towards groups of people or individuals in videos, blogs, vlogs, on social media or news sites (including in the comments’ section) (optional) | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMPS (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of political or social views (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMSO (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of sexual orientation (LGBTIQ identities) (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMSE (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of sex (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMRE (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of racial or ethnic origin (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMRB (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of religion or belief (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMD (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of disability (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Digital skills | HMOTH (optional) | Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of other personal characteristics (optional) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where HM = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | MAPS_RPS | Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: reading privacy policy statements before providing personal data | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | MAPS_RRGL | Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: restricting or refusing access to own geographical location | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | MAPS_LAP | Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: limiting access to profile or content on social networking sites or shared online storage | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | MAPS_RAAD | Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: refusing allowing the use of personal data for advertising purposes | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | MAPS_CWSC | Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: checking that the website where the respondent provided personal data was secure (such as https sites, safety logo or certificates) | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | MAPS_APD | Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: asking websites or search engines administrator or provider to access the data they hold about the respondent to update or delete it | 1 | Ticked | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | Not ticked |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | PCOOK1 | Changing settings in own internet browser to prevent or limit cookies on any of the respondent’s devices | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | CCOOK (optional) | Concerns that respondent’s online activities are recorded to provide the respondent with tailored advertising
  (optional) | 1 | Yes, very concerned | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 2 | Yes, somehow concerned |
| 0 | No, I’m not concerned |
| Blank | Option not included or not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |
| 06. Information society participation | Security, privacy, trust | USLCOOK | Use of software that limits the ability to track the individual’s activities on the internet on any of the respondent’s devices | 1 | Yes | Individuals where IU = 1 | Collected |
| 0 | No |
| Blank | Not stated |
| 9 | Not applicable |

Topic

Detailed topic

Variable identifier

Variable name/variable description

Codes

Labels/Categories

Filter

Variable type

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

REFYEAR

Year of survey

YYYY

Year of survey (4 digits)

All households

Technical

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

INTDATE

Reference date – first interview date

DD/MM/YYYY

Reference date (10 characters)

All individuals

Technical

01.Technical items

Data collection information

STRATUM_ID

Stratum

Nnnnnn

Id of the stratum the individual or the household belongs to, from 1 to N, where N is the number of strata

All households

Technical

-1

No stratification

01.Technical items

Data collection information

PSU

Primary sampling unit

Nnnnnn

Id of the primary sampling unit the individual or the household belongs to (from 1 to N, where N is the number of PSUs)

All households, when the target population is divided into clusters (PSUs)

Technical

-1

Not applicable

01.Technical items

Identification

HH_ID

Household ID

XXnnnnnn

Unique id of the household (2 letters for country code, then maximum 22 digits)

All households

Technical

01.Technical items

Identification

IND_ID

Individual ID

XxNnnnnn

Unique id of the individual (2 letters for country code, then maximum 22 digits)

All individuals

Technical

01.Technical items

Identification

HH_REF_ID

ID of the household the individual belongs to

XxNnnnnn

Id of the household the individual belongs to (2 letters for country code, then maximum 22 digits)

All individuals

Technical

Blank

When the individual is aged 15 or less, or 75 or more, and belongs to a household which only contains persons outside the 16-74 age group, this field shall be left blank.

01.Technical items

Weights

HH_WGHT

Household weight

Nnnnn.nnnnnn

Grossing up factor of the household (As many digits as necessary. Decimal point may be used, if needed.)

All households

Technical

01.Technical items

Weights

IND_WGHT

Individual weight

Nnnnnn.nnnnn

Grossing up factor of the individual (As many digits as necessary. Decimal point may be used, if needed.)

All individuals

Technical

01.Technical items

Interview characteristics

TIME

Interview duration

Nnn

Duration of interview expressed in minutes

All individuals

Technical

Blank

Not stated

01.Technical items

Interview characteristics

INT_TYPE

Interview type

1

Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI)

All individuals

Technical

2

Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)

3

Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)

4

Computer-assisted web-interview

5

Other

01.Technical items

Localisation

COUNTRY

Country of residence

Not Blank

Country of residence (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

All households

Technical

01.Technical items

Localisation

GEO_NUTS1

Region of residence

Not Blank

NUTS 1 region (3 characters, alphanumeric)

All households

Technical

01.Technical items

Localisation

GEO_NUTS2

(optional)

Region of residence (optional)

Not Blank

NUTS 2 region (4 characters, alphanumeric)

All households

Technical

Blank

Option not included

01.Technical items

Localisation

GEO_NUTS3

(optional)

Region of residence

(optional)

Not Blank

NUTS 3 region (5 characters, alphanumeric – NUTS 3 code for future alternate aggregation of regions, not for publication of NUTS 3 breakdowns)

All households

Technical

Blank

Option not included

01.Technical items

Localisation

DEG_URBA

Degree of urbanisation

1

Cities

All households

Technical

2

Towns and suburbs

3

Rural areas

01.Technical items

Localisation

GEO_DEV

Geographical location

1

Less developed region

All households

Technical

2

Transition region

3

More developed region

Blank

Not stated (code for non-EU countries)

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

SEX

Sex

1

Male

All individuals

Collected

2

Female

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

YEARBIR

Year of birth

YYYY

Year of birth (4 digits)

All individuals

Collected

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

PASSBIR

Passing of birthday

1

Yes

All individuals

Collected

2

No

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

AGE

Age in completed years

nnn

Age in completed years (from 1 to 3 digits)

All individuals

Derived

02.Person and household characteristics

Citizenship and migrant background

CITIZENSHIP

Country of main citizenship

Not blank

Country of main citizenship (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

All individuals

Collected

STLS

Stateless

FOR

Foreign citizenship but country unknown

Blank

Not stated

02.Person and household characteristics

Citizenship and migrant background

CNTRYB

Country of birth

Not blank

Country of birth (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

All individuals

Collected

FOR

Foreign-born but country of birth unknown

Blank

Not stated

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_POP

Household size (number of members in the household)

Nn

Number of members of the household (including children)

All households

Collected

Blank

Not stated

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_POP_16_24 (optional)

Number of members of the household aged from 16 to 24 (optional)

Nn

Number of members of the household aged from 16 to 24

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_POP_16_24S (optional)

Number of students of the household aged 16 to 24

(optional)

Nn

Number of students of the household aged 16 to 24

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_POP_25_64 (optional)

Number of members of the household aged from 25 to 64 (optional)

Nn

Number of members of the household aged 25 to 64

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_POP_65_MAX (optional)

Number of members of the household aged more than or equal to 65 (optional)

Nn

Number of members of the household aged more than or equal to 65

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_CHILD

Number of children under 16

Nn

Number of children under 16

All households

Collected

Blank

Not stated

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_CHILD_14_15

(optional)

Number of children aged from 14 to 15

(optional)

Nn

Number of children aged from 14 to 15

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_CHILD_5_13

(optional)

Number of children aged from 5 to 13 (optional)

Nn

Number of children aged from 5 to 13

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HH_CHILD_LE_4

(optional)

Number of children aged less than or equal to 4 (optional)

Nn

Number of children aged less than or equal to 4

All households

Collected

Blank

Option not included

03.Labour market participation

Main activity status (self-defined)

MAINSTAT

Main activity status (self-defined)

1

Employed

All individuals aged 16 and more

Collected

2

Unemployed

3

Retired

4

Unable to work due to long-standing health problems

5

Student, pupil

6

Fulfilling domestic tasks

7

Compulsory military or civilian service

8

Other

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

STAPRO

Status in employment in main job

1

Self-employed person with employees

Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1

Collected

2

Self-employed person without employees

3

Employee

4

Family worker (unpaid)

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

NACE1D

(optional)

Economic activity of the local unit for main job

(optional)

Not blank

NACE code at section level (one character (from A to U))

Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1

Collected

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

ISCO2D

Occupation in main job

nn

ISCO code at 2-digit level

Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1

Collected

Blank

Not stated

-1

Not applicable

03. Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

OCC_ICT

ICT professional or non-ICT professional

1

ICT professional

Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1

Collected

0

Non-ICT professional

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

03. Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

OCC_MAN

Manual or non-manual worker

1

Manual worker

Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1

Collected

0

Non-Manual worker

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

EMPST_WKT

(optional)

Full- or part-time main job (self-defined)

(optional)

1

Full-time job

Individuals where MAINSTAT = 1

Collected

2

Part-time job

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

03.Labour market participation

Duration of contract

EMPST_CONTR (optional)

Permanency of main job

(optional)

1

Permanent job

Individuals where STAPRO = 3

Collected

2

Fixed-term contract

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

04.Educational attainment and background

Educational attainment level

ISCEDD

Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed)

0

No formal education or below ISCED 1

All individuals aged 16 and more

Collected

1

ISCED 1 Primary education

2

ISCED 2 Lower secondary education

3

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education

4

ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education

5

ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education

6

ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level

7

ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level

8

ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

04.Educational attainment and background

Educational attainment level

ISCED

Educational attainment level aggregated

0

At most lower secondary education level (ISCEDD = 0, 1 or 2)

All individuals aged 16 and more

Derived

3

Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCEDD = 3 or 4)

5

Tertiary education (ISCEDD = 5, 6, 7 or 8)

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

05. Income, consumption and elements of wealth, including debts

Total monthly household income

HH_IQ5

Total average net current monthly income

1

Lower equivalised net current monthly income group

All households

Collected

2

Low to medium equivalised net current monthly income group

3

Medium equivalised net current monthly income group

4

Medium to high equivalised net current monthly income group

5

Higher equivalised net current monthly income group

Blank

Not stated

06. Information society participation

Access to ICT

IACC

Access of the household to the internet at home (by any device)

1

Yes

All households

Collected

0

No

8

Don’t know

Blank

Not stated

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IU

Most recent internet use, at any location, with any enabling device

1

Within the last 3 months

All individuals

Collected

2

Between 3 months and a year ago

3

More than 1 year ago

4

Never used it

Blank

Not stated

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IFUS

Average frequency of internet use in the last 3 months

1

Several times during the day

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

2

Once a day or almost every day

3

At least once a week (but not every day)

4

Less than once a week

9

Not applicable

Blank

Not stated

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IUG_DKPC

Internet use in the last 3 months on a desktop computer

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IUG_LPC

Internet use in the last 3 months on a laptop

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IUG_TPC

Internet use in the last 3 months on a tablet

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IUG_MP

Internet use in the last 3 months on a mobile phone or smart phone

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Use and frequency of use of ICT

IUG_OTH1

Internet use in the last 3 months on other devices (such as smart TV, smart speakers, game console, e-book reader, smart watch)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUEM

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for sending/receiving e-mails

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUPH1

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for making calls (including video calls) over the internet

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUSNET

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for participating in social networks (creating user profile, posting messages or other contributions)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUCHAT1

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for instant messaging (exchanging messages)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUNW1

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for reading online news sites, newspapers or news magazines

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IHIF

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for seeking health-related information (such as about injuries, diseases, nutrition, improving health)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUIF

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for finding information about goods or services

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUPOL2

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for expressing opinions on civic or political issues on websites or in social media

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUVOTE

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for taking part in online consultations or voting to define civic or political issues (such as urban planning, signing a petition)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUJOB

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for looking for a job or sending a job application

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUSELL

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for selling goods or services via a website or app

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUBK

Internet use in the last 3 months for private purpose for internet banking (including mobile banking)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUOLC

Internet use in the last 3 months for conducting learning activities for educational, professional or private purposes, by doing an online course

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUOLM

Internet use in the last 3 months for conducting learning activities for educational, professional or private purposes, by using online learning material other than a complete online course (such as video tutorials, webinars, electronic textbooks, learning apps or platforms)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Internet activities

IUOCIS1

Internet use in the last 3 months for conducting learning activities for educational, professional or private purposes, by communicating with educators or learners using audio or video online tools

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVIP

Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in accessing by the respondent information about himself/herself stored by public authorities or public services

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVIDB

Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in accessing by the respondent information from public databases or registers (such as information about availability of books in public libraries, cadastral registers, enterprise registers)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOV12IF

Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in obtaining information by the respondent (for example about services, benefits, entitlements, laws, opening hours)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVIX

Respondent has not accessed any personal records or databases nor obtained any information via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOV12FM

Downloading/printing official forms by the respondent from a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVAPR

Making an appointment or reservation by the respondent via a website or app with public authorities or public services (such as reservation of a book in a public library, appointment with a government servant or a state healthcare provider) for private purpose in the last 12 months

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVPOST

(Optional)

Receiving by the respondent any official communication or documents sent by public authorities via the respondent’s account on a website or app (name of the service, if applicable in the country) of public authorities or services (such as notifications of fines or invoices, letters, service of court summons, court documents, [national examples]) for private purpose in the last 12 months? Usage of email or SMS based information messages or notifications that a document is available should be excluded. (optional)

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

No

Blank

Option not included or Not Stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVTAX1

Submitting the respondent’s own tax declaration via a website or app for private purpose in the last 12 months

1

Yes, the respondent did it himself/herself

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

2

No, it was done automatically (by the tax authority, employer, other authority) (if applicable in the country)

3

No, the respondent delivered it to the tax authority in paper format

4

No, someone else did it on the respondent’s behalf (such as family member, tax adviser)

5

No, for other reasons (such as not subject to income tax)

9

Not applicable

Blank

Not stated

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVODC

Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in requesting by the respondent official documents or certificates (such as graduation, birth, marriage, divorce, death, residence certificates, police or criminal records, [national examples])

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVBE

Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in requesting benefits or entitlements by the respondent (such as pension, unemployment, child allowance, enrolment in schools, universities, [national examples])

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IGOVRCC

Activities via a website or app of public authorities or public services for private purpose in the last 12 months consisting in making other requests, claims or complaints by the respondent (such as reporting theft to the police, launching a legal complaint, requesting legal aid, initiating a civil claim procedure in front of a court, [national examples])

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IRGOVNN

Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months –respondent did not have to request any documents or to make any claims

1

Ticked

Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IRGOVLS

Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – lack of skills or knowledge (such as respondent did not know how to use the website or app or it was too complicated to use)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IRGOVSEC

Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – concerns about the security of personal data or unwillingness to pay online (credit card fraud)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IRGOVEID

(Optional)

Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – lack of electronic signature, activated electronic identification (eID) or any other tool to use the eID (required for using the services) [national examples] (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

Blank

Option not included

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IRGOVOP

Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – another person did it on the respondent’s behalf (such as consultant, adviser, relative)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IRGOVOTH

Reasons for not requesting any official documents or not making any claims via a website or app of public authorities or public services in the last 12 months – other reason

1

Ticked

Individuals where IGOVODC = 0 and IGOVBE = 0 and IGOVRCC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IEID

Respondent’s use of his/her electronic identification (eID)(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation (1)] to access online services for private purpose in the last 12 months

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

0

No

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IEIDOC

Type of services for which the respondent has used eID(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation] in the last 12 months – services provided by public authorities or public services of respondent’s country of residence (such as submitting respondent’s tax declaration, applying for social benefits, requesting official certificates, accessing respondent’s health records, [national examples])

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IEIDEC

Type of services for which the respondent has used eID(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation] in the last 12 months – services provided by public authorities or public services of other European countries (such as submitting respondent’s tax declaration, requesting official documents or certificates, [national examples]) (if applicable in the country)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IEIDBS

Type of services for which the respondent has used eID(s) [national list of all country-specific eIDs, which are officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation] in the last 12 months – services provided by business sector (such as accessing banking services, login to transport services, identification via eID for example on a digital marketplace, [national examples]) (if applicable in the country)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDNA

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent was not aware of the existence of eID

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDNO

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent doesn’t have an eID

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDNN

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent did not need to access any online services requiring eID

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDSEC

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent feels unsafe using it (concerns about ICT security, personal data protection)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDTEC

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – usability/technical issues (such as too difficult or not user-friendly, lack of appropriate card reader, software incompatibility, it was not accepted for the services the respondent needed to access)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDDEV

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – respondent could not use the eID to access the service via a smartphone or tablet

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Interaction with public authorities

IREIDOTH

Reasons for not using any eID(s) officially recognized by public authorities or public services and which are of high or substantial level of assurance under the eIDAS Regulation in the last 12 months – other reasons

1

Ticked

Individuals where IEID = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

8

The service does not exist in the Member State

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

IBUY

Last purchase or order of goods or services over the internet for private use

1

Within the last 3 months

Individuals where IU = 1 or IU = 2

Collected

2

Between 3 months and a year ago

3

More than 1 year ago

4

Never bought or ordered over the internet

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BCLOT1

Internet use for buying clothes (including sport clothing), shoes or accessories (such as bags, jewellery) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where

IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BSPG

Internet use for buying sports goods (excluding sport clothing) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BCG

Internet use for buying children toys or childcare items (such as nappies, bottles, baby strollers) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFURN1

Internet use for buying furniture, home accessories (such as carpets or curtains) or gardening products (such as tools, plants) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BMUFL

Internet use for buying music as CDs, vinyls etc. and/or films or series as DVDs, Blu-ray etc. from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BBOOKNLG

Internet use for buying printed books, magazines or newspapers from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BHARD1

Internet use for buying computers, tablets, mobile phones or accessories from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BEEQU1

Internet use for buying consumer electronics (such as TV-sets, stereos, cameras, sound bars or smart speakers, virtual assistants) or household appliances (such as washing machines) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BMED1

Internet use for buying medicine or dietary supplements such as vitamins (excluding online renewal of prescriptions) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFDR

Internet use for buying deliveries from restaurants, fast-food chains, catering services from enterprises or private persons via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFDS

Internet use for buying food or beverages from stores or from meal-kits providers from enterprises or private persons via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BCBW

Internet use for buying cosmetics, beauty or wellness products from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BCPH

Internet use for buying cleaning products or personal hygiene products (such as toothbrushes, handkerchiefs, washing detergents, cleaning cloths) from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BBMC

Internet use for buying bicycles, mopeds, cars, or other vehicles or their spare parts from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BOPG

Internet use for buying other physical goods from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BPG_ANY

Internet use for buying any of the listed physical goods from enterprises or private persons (including used goods) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

9

IF IBUY = Blank or IBUY<> 1 THEN 9

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Derived

1

ELSE IF BCLOT1 = 1 or BSPG = 1 or BCG = 1 or BFURN1 = 1 or BMUFL = 1 or BBOOKNLG = 1 or BHARD1 = 1 or BEEQU1 = 1 or BMED1 = 1 or BFDR = 1 or BFDS = 1 or BCBW = 1 or BCPH = 1 or BBMC = 1 or BOPG = 1 THEN 1

0

ELSE 0

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BPG_DOM

Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from national sellers (from enterprises or private persons)

1

Ticked

Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BPG_EU

Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from sellers from other EU countries (from enterprises or private persons)

1

Ticked

Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BPG_WRLD

Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from sellers from the rest of the world (from enterprises or private persons)

1

Ticked

Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BPG_UNK

Internet use for buying goods via a website or app in the last 3 months from sellers where the country of origin is not known (from enterprises or private persons)

1

Ticked

Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BPG_PP

Goods bought from private persons via a website or app

1

Yes

Individuals where BPG_ANY = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BMUSS

Internet use for buying or subscribing to music as a streaming service or downloads via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFLMS

Internet use for buying or subscribing to films or series as a streaming service or downloads via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BBOOKNLS

Internet use for buying or subscribing to e-books, online-magazines or online-newspapers via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BGAMES

Internet use for buying or subscribing to games online or as downloads for smartphones, tablets, computers or consoles via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BSOFTS

Internet use for buying or subscribing to computer software or other software as downloads including upgrades via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BHLFTS

Internet use for buying or subscribing to apps related to health or fitness (excluding free apps) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BAPP

Internet use for buying or subscribing to other apps (such as apps related to learning languages, travelling, weather) (excluding free apps) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BSTICK

Internet use for buying tickets to sports events via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BCTICK

Internet use for buying tickets to cultural or other events (such as tickets to cinema, concerts, fairs) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BSIMC

Internet use for buying subscriptions to the internet or mobile phone connections via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BSUTIL

Internet use for buying subscriptions to electricity, water or heating supply, waste disposal or similar services via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BHHS

Internet use for buying household services (such as cleaning, babysitting, repair work, gardening) (also when bought from private persons) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BTPS_E

Internet use for buying transport services from a transport enterprise, such as local bus, flight or train ticket or taxi ride via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BTPS_PP

Internet use for buying transport services from a private person via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BRA_E

Internet use for renting accommodation from enterprises such as hotels or travel agencies via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BRA_PP

Internet use for renting accommodation from a private person via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BOTS (optional)

Internet use for buying any other services (excluding financial and insurance services) via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

(optional)

1

Yes

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Option not included or not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BF

Number of times goods or services were bought over the internet via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

1-2 times

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

2

3-5 times

3

6-10 times

4

> 10 times

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BTFW1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: website difficult to use or it worked unsatisfactorily (for example it was too complicated, confusing, poorly functioning technically) when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BDGL1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: difficulties encountered in finding information on guarantees or other legal rights when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BSPD1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: slower speed of delivery than that indicated encountered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BCPR1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: final costs higher than indicated (such as unexpected transaction fees or unjustified guarantee fees) experienced when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BWDN1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: wrong or damaged goods or services delivered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BFRA1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: problems with fraud encountered (such as no goods or services received at all, misuse of credit card details) when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BCR1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: complaints and redress were difficult or no satisfactory response after complaint was received when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BDNS1

Problems encountered with internet commerce: foreign retailer did not sell to the respondent’s own country when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BOTH2

Problems encountered with internet commerce: other problems encountered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Barriers and problems to use

BARR2X

No problems encountered when buying online via a website or app for private use in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IBUY = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFIN_IN1

Internet use for buying insurance policies, including travel insurance, also as a package together with for example a plane ticket, via a website or app for private purposes in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFIN_CR1

Internet use for taking a loan or mortgage or arranging credit from banks or other financial providers via a website or app for private purposes in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

e-Commerce

BFIN_SH1

Internet use for buying or selling shares, bonds, units in funds or other financial assets via a website or app for private purposes in the last 3 months

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CXFER1

Activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving copying or moving files (such as documents, data, images, video) between folders, devices (for example via email, instant messaging, USB, cable) or on the cloud

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CINSAPP1

Activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving downloading or installing software or apps

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CCONF1

Activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving changing settings of software, app or device (such as adjusting language, colours, contrast, text size, toolbars/menu)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CWRD1

Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving using word processing software

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CPRES2

Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving creating files (such as document, image, video) incorporating several elements such as text, picture, table, chart, animation or sound

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CXLS1

Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving using spreadsheet software

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CXLSADV1

Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving using advanced features of spreadsheet software (functions, formulas, macros and other developer functions) to organise, analyse, structure or modify data

1

Ticked

Individuals where CXLS1 = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CEPVA1

Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving editing photos, video or audio files

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

CPRG2

Software related activities carried out in the last 3 months for educational, professional or private purposes involving writing code in a programming language

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

UDI

Information or content (such as videos, images) seen on internet news sites or social media considered untrue or doubtful by the respondent in the last 3 months

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TIC

Truthfulness of the information or content found on internet news sites or social media checked by respondent in the last 3 months

1

Yes

Individuals where UDI = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TICCSFOI

Truthfulness of the information or content found on the internet checked by respondent by checking the sources or finding other information on the internet (such as other news sites)

1

Ticked

Individuals where TIC = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TICIDIS

Truthfulness of the information or content found on the internet checked by the respondent by following or taking part in discussion on the internet regarding the information

1

Ticked

Individuals where TIC = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TICNIDIS

Truthfulness of the information or content found on the internet checked by the respondent by discussing the information offline with other persons or using sources not on the internet

1

Ticked

Individuals where TIC = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TICXND

Truthfulness of information or content found on the internet not checked because the respondent already knew that information, content or source was not reliable

1

Ticked

Individuals where TIC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TICXSKL

Truthfulness of information or content found on the internet not checked because the respondent lacked skills or knowledge to do so

1

Ticked

Individuals where TIC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

TICXOTH

Truthfulness of information or content found on the internet not checked because of other reasons

1

Ticked

Individuals where TIC = 0

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HM

(optional)

Messages encountered online in the last 3 months which are considered by the respondent to be hostile or degrading towards groups of people or individuals in videos, blogs, vlogs, on social media or news sites (including in the comments’ section) (optional)

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMPS (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of political or social views (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMSO (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of sexual orientation (LGBTIQ identities) (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMSE (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of sex (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMRE (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of racial or ethnic origin (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMRB (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of religion or belief (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMD (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of disability (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Digital skills

HMOTH (optional)

Groups of people or individuals attacked or targeted in the messages considered as hostile or degrading because of other personal characteristics (optional)

1

Ticked

Individuals where HM = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

MAPS_RPS

Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: reading privacy policy statements before providing personal data

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

MAPS_RRGL

Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: restricting or refusing access to own geographical location

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

MAPS_LAP

Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: limiting access to profile or content on social networking sites or shared online storage

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

MAPS_RAAD

Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: refusing allowing the use of personal data for advertising purposes

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

MAPS_CWSC

Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: checking that the website where the respondent provided personal data was secure (such as https sites, safety logo or certificates)

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

MAPS_APD

Carrying out the following to manage access to own personal data (such as name, date of birth, identity card number, contact details, credit card number, photos, geographical location) on the internet in the last 3 months: asking websites or search engines administrator or provider to access the data they hold about the respondent to update or delete it

1

Ticked

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

Not ticked

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

PCOOK1

Changing settings in own internet browser to prevent or limit cookies on any of the respondent’s devices

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

CCOOK (optional)

Concerns that respondent’s online activities are recorded to provide the respondent with tailored advertising

(optional)

1

Yes, very concerned

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

2

Yes, somehow concerned

0

No, I’m not concerned

Blank

Option not included or not stated

9

Not applicable

06. Information society participation

Security, privacy, trust

USLCOOK

Use of software that limits the ability to track the individual’s activities on the internet on any of the respondent’s devices

1

Yes

Individuals where IU = 1

Collected

0

No

Blank

Not stated

9

Not applicable

---

(1)  Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transaction in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC. The levels of assurance substantial and high are defined according to Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1502 of 8 September 2015 on setting our minimum technical specification and procedures for assurance levels for electronic identification means pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73).

---