Internet usage in 2007 : households and individuals.
Date: 2013-11-14
Institutions: Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, Internet, household consumption, information technology, information technology user

Eurostat 
DATA 
in focus 

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Internet usage in 2007  
Households and individuals 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SERVICES 

Author: Maria SMIHILY 

23/2007 

More than 40% of households use 
broadband to access the Internet   

Generation gap in the regular use 
of the Internet 

Figure 1: Internet access and broadband 
connections by households, EU27, 2006-2007 (%) 

Figure 2: Individuals who used Internet at least 
once a week, by age and gender, EU27, 2007 (%) 

100

80

60

40

20

0

54

49

42

30

79

77

61

55

31

19

100

80

60

40

20

0

Internet access

Broadband connections

16-24

25-54

55-74

2006

2007

Males

Females

EU27 without MT                          Source: Eurostat, ICT statistics 

EU27 without MT                          Source: Eurostat, ICT statistics 

Individuals' Internet skills: one in ten has created a web page 

Figure 3: Individuals who have ever carried out specific Internet related activities in EU27, 2007 (%) 

57

50

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

30

27

24

15

13

10

Use search
engine to find
information

Send e-mails
with
attachment

Keep viruses,
spyware,
adware off my
computer

Find,
download,
install software

Messages to
chatrooms,
newsgroups,
online
discussions

Use Internet to
make phone
calls

Peer to peer
file sharing for
exchanging
movies, music,
etc

Create a web
page

 Note: EU27 without MT 

Source: Eurostat, ICT statistics 

Manuscript completed on:  29.11.2007 
Data extracted on: 20.11.2007 

ISSN 1977-0340 
Catalogue number: KS-QA-07-023-EN-N 

© European Communities, 2007 

 
 
 
 
  
 
Table 1: Internet access and broadband connections by households in EU27, 2006 - 2007 (%) 

Internet access

Broadband connections

2006

2007

2006

2007

EU27
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
IS
NO
Note: EU27 without MT 

49
54
17
29
79
67
46
50
23
39
41
40
37
42
35
70
32
:
80
52
36
35
14
54
27
65
77
63
83
69

54
60
19
35
78
71
53
57
25
45
49
43
39
51
44
75
38
:
83
60
41
40
22
58
46
69
79
67
84
78

30
48
10
17
63
34
37
13
4
29
30
16
12
23
19
44
22
:
66
33
22
24
5
34
11
53
51
44
72
57

42
56
15
28
70
50
48
31
7
39
43
25
20
32
34
58
33
:
74
46
30
30
8
44
27
60
67
57
76
67

Source: Eurostat, ICT statistics 

Table 2: Individuals who used the Internet at least once a week – by age and gender, EU27, 2007 (%) 

Males

Females

EU27
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
IS
NO

16-24
79
89
55
73
94
90
89
71
60
77
84
61
58
90
87
92
81
:
95
79
77
77
50
83
86
98
95
83
99
95

25-54
61
74
32
49
87
78
64
59
39
54
67
45
41
57
45
86
54
:
92
76
41
41
23
56
56
86
84
76
91
90

55-74
31
41
7
21
58
44
19
24
7
17
34
17
14
15
10
60
21
:
64
41
12
13
4
16
14
48
61
50
70
61

16-24
77
87
61
74
96
87
92
61
53
77
84
57
57
93
86
88
79
:
98
80
77
77
48
82
73
98
86
83
99
88

25-54
55
69
33
44
84
69
71
54
27
46
63
34
37
58
51
71
57
:
87
63
40
33
21
58
59
87
82
68
90
86

55-74
19
26
5
11
47
26
22
17
2
9
23
6
6
14
9
29
16
:
46
24
8
6
2
9
10
40
49
33
60
54

Note: EU27 without MT 

Source: Eurostat, ICT statistics 

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Industry, trade and services 

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Table 3: Individuals who have ever carried out specific Internet related activities, EU27, 2007 (%) 

Use a search 
engine to find 
information

Send email 
with attached 
files

Keep viruses, 
spyware, 
adware off my 
computer

Find, 
download and 
install 
software

Messages to 
chat rooms, 
newsgroups 
or online 
discussion

Use Internet 
to make 
phone calls

Peer-to-peer 
file sharing 
for movies, 
music

Create a web 
page

EU27
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
IS
NO

57
66
32
50
80
73
61
55
36
55
59
41
37
58
50
75
54
:
83
68
48
42
23
58
62
79
76
67
86
80

50
59
27
49
72
60
59
47
26
45
55
38
29
48
40
70
48
:
75
58
35
37
21
49
55
65
64
62
76
73

30
26
8
12
60
45
23
16
13
30
41
19
15
5
13
59
21
:
55
39
13
22
5
29
10
35
48
33
47
68

27
20
6
12
52
32
26
15
12
26
38
19
11
16
17
48
20
:
44
31
14
21
6
24
14
43
38
35
41
49

24
21
20
18
33
28
43
12
11
29
25
25
8
34
25
37
27
:
26
22
23
24
12
24
21
27
19
22
37
31

15
12
16
17
25
14
28
8
6
9
29
13
9
21
25
26
13
:
25
17
15
11
5
12
16
22
12
10
33
22

13
10
10
6
13
8
22
6
9
20
14
13
7
13
16
24
12
:
24
9
12
11
7
20
9
16
19
13
23
23

10
8
4
9
18
10
18
6
5
9
14
9
5
7
6
16
9
:
16
12
7
7
4
12
9
17
13
14
31
21

Note: EU27 without MT 

Source: Eurostat, ICT statistics 

M E T H O D O L O G I C A L   N O T E S  

Data presented in this publication are based on the results of the Community survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals.   

The survey covered households containing at least one person aged 16-74, and individuals aged 16-74. The data collection period was mainly 
the second quarter of 2007; the reference period was the first quarter of 2007 or the last three months before the interview for data on regular 
internet  use.  Households  were  asked  about  Internet  access  by  any  member  of  the  household  at  home.  Individuals  were  asked  about 
Internet use at home or at any other location. Individuals were also asked about specific Internet related activities they had ever carried out, 
at home or at any other location, in order to measure their skills. 

The full set of data including also data on e-shopping, e-government, e-inclusion and e-skills can be found on the Eurostat website, under Data / 
Science and technology / Information society statistics and in addition in the dedicated section 'Information society statistics / Population and 
social conditions / Data. 

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