Characteristics to be collected for individuals having used the Internet in the last three months: — average frequency of Internet use in the last three months (everyday or almost every day; at least once a week (but not every day); at least once a month (but not every week); less than once a month), — location of Internet use in the last three months: at home, — location of Internet use in the last three months: at place of work (other than home), — location of Internet use in the last three months: at place of education, — location of Internet use in the last three months: at another person’s home, — location of Internet use in the last three months: at other places, — (optional) location of Internet use in the last three months: public library, — (optional) location of Internet use in the last three months: post office, — (optional) location of Internet use in the last three months: public office, town hall or government agency, — (optional) location of Internet use in the last three months: community or voluntary organisation, — (optional) location of Internet use in the last three months: Internet café, — (optional) location of Internet use in the last three months: hotspot (at hotels, airports, public places etc.), — use of mobile devices to access the Internet: mobile phone via GPRS, — use of mobile devices to access the Internet: mobile phone via UMTS (3G), — use of mobile devices to access the Internet: handheld computer (palmtop, PDA), — use of mobile devices to access the Internet: portable computer (laptop) via wireless connection away from home or work, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for sending and/or receiving e-mail, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for finding information about goods and services, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for using services related to travel and accommodation, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for downloading software (other than games software), — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for reading or downloading online news, newspapers or news magazines, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for looking for a job or sending a job application, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for seeking health related information, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for Internet banking, — (optional) Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for selling goods or services, e.g. via auctions, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for looking for information about education, training or course offers, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for doing an online course (in any subject), — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for consulting the Internet with the purpose of learning, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for obtaining information from public authorities’ websites, — Internet usage in the last 12 months for private purposes for obtaining information from public authorities’ websites, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for downloading official forms from public authorities’ websites, — Internet usage in the last 12 months for private purposes for downloading official forms from public authorities’ websites, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for sending filled in forms to public authorities, — Internet usage in the last 12 months for private purposes for sending filled in forms to public authorities, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for telephoning over the Internet, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for video calls (via webcam) over the Internet, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for posting messages to chat sites, newsgroups or on-line discussion forum, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for use of instant messaging (real time communication with others by typed text), — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for reading weblogs or blogs, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for creating or maintaining own weblog or blog, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for listening to web radios and/or watching web television, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for downloading and/or listening to music (other than via web radio), — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for downloading and/or watching movies, short films or video files (other than via web TV), — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for using peer-to-peer file sharing for exchanging movies, music, video files, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for using podcast service to automatically receive audio or video files of interest, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for downloading computer or video games or their updates, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for playing networked games with others, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for uploading self-created content (text, images, photos, videos, music etc.) to any website to be shared, — Internet usage in the last three months for private purposes for using browser based news feeds (e.g. RSS) for reading new content on websites, — payment for online audiovisual content in the last three months, — Internet usage for reading of online news replaced reading of printed news, newspapers, magazines (very much; to some extent; not at all), — Internet usage for downloading music files replaced buying a CD (very much; to some extent; not at all), — Internet usage for downloading films and videos replaced buying/renting a DVD (very much; to some extent; not at all), — Internet usage for listening to web radio replaced listening to normal radio (very much; to some extent; not at all), — Internet usage for online contacts replaced personal contacts with public services and administrations (very much; to some extent; not at all).