Internet use and digital skills survey
Households with Internet connection at home by type of household, place of residence and type of Internet connection Households without Internet connection at home by place of residence and reason for not having Internet Computer and Internet users aged 16–74 by group of individuals, place of residence and location of use Users of Internet commerce aged 16–74 by group of individuals and place of residence Individuals aged 16–74 buying/ordering on the Internet by type of goods/services and place of residence Individuals aged 16–74 by group of individuals, place of residence and Internet use skills Internet users aged 16–74 by place of residence and purpose of using the Internet | |
International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO 08) International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011) Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2 Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages (ISO 639-2) Classification of Ethnicities 2013 | |
Estonian residents aged 16–74 and their households | |
Adult – a household member aged 16 and above. Cable TV – the signal (TV programs) is received by means of a cable connection. Child – a household member aged 0–15 years. Desktop computer – stationary computer that has a keyboard and a monitor, usually on a desk. Digital TV – the signal (TV programs) is received digitally and converted by a special converter for ordinary TV. Employed – a person who during the reference periood - worked and was paid as a salaried employee, entrepreneur or freelancer; - worked without direct payment in a family enterprise or on his/her own farm; - was temporarily absent from work. Fixed wireless broadband connection – technologies that allow connection to the Internet via air at a fixed location, e.g. WiFi and WiMax. Game console – an electronic device for game play, which usually uses TV as a monitor (e.g. Sony PlayStation, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox). Handheld computer – a computer that is small enough to be held in one's hand with a small keyboard or touch screen. Household – a group of people who live in a common main dwelling (at the same address) and share joint financial and/or food resources and whose members consider themselves to be one household. Household can also consist of one member only. Households are divided by the number of adults and the existence of children. Internet – a global system of linked computer networks that allows data communication services such as remote log-in, file transfer, electronic mail, etc. The Internet is also the foundation for the World Wide Web. Internet commerce (e-commerce) – transactions of buying and selling on the Internet. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) – a digital network of integrated services; an international communications standard that allows the transmission of several data streams simultaneously over telephone lines. Modem – a device that connects the computer to a telephone line and converts computer’s digital signals into analog signals at the sender’s end and vice versa at the receiver’s end. Not in the labour force / inactive population – persons who do not wish or are not able to work. Other fixed broadband connection – wired Internet connection that do not belong under DSL technologies (transmitted over telephone lines), e.g. Internet connection via a cable TV Network. Portable computer – portable computer with built-in keyboard and display. Rural settlements – small towns and villages. Satellite TV – the signal (TV programs) is received by a parabolic antenna. Unemployed – a person who fulfils the following three conditions: - he or she is without work (does not work anywhere at the moment and is not temporarily absent from work); - he or she is currently (within two weeks) available for work if work is found; - he or she is actively seeking work. Urban settlements – cities, cities without municipal status and towns. xDSL (... Digital Subscriber Line: ADSL, SDSL, etc.) – asymmetric, symmetric, etc. digital subscriber line; a family of technologies which allow high bandwidth services to be transmitted over telephone lines. | |
Person Household | |
Permanent residents of Estonia aged 16–74 and their household members, excluding persons living in institutions (children’s homes, care homes, monasteries, convents, etc.) FRAME A list of 16–74-year-old permanent residents of Estonia compiled on the basis of the population and housing census (2011) and the Population Register | |
Estonia as a whole Regional units Counties Urban and rural settlements | |
2005–… | |
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DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 of 16 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning (Text with EEA relevance) 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 (Text with EEA relevance) OTHER LEGAL ACTS Not available OTHER AGREEMENTS Not available |
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The dissemination of data collected for the production of official statistics is based on the requirements laid down in §§ 34 and 35 of the Official Statistics Act. The principles for treatment of confidential data can be found here. |
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month). | |
All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. |
The news release “Information technology in enterprises and households” once a year. The news release can be viewed on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section News. | |
Not published | |
Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Economy / Information technology and communications / Information technology in household” in the following tables: IT20: Households having a computer and internet connection at home by type of household and place of residence IT23: Households not having internet connection at home by place of residence and reason for not having the internet IT32: Computer and internet users aged 16-74 by group of individuals IT35: Users of e-commerce aged 16-74 by group of individuals and last online purchase IT36: Users of e-commerce aged 16-74 by place of residence and goods/services IT38: Internet users aged 16-74 by place of residence and purpose of using the internet IT381: Internet users aged 16-74 by group of individuals and using website or app to arrange a service from another individual IT41: Computer users aged 16-74 by computer skill and group of individuals IT42: Computer and internet users aged 16-74 by group of individuals and frequency of computer/internet use during the last three months IT43: Users of e-commerce aged 16-74 by group of individuals, seller’s country of location and goods/services bought IT431: Users of e-commerce aged 16-74 by group of individuals, frequency of buying/ordering and expenditure during the last three months IT44: 16-74-year-old internet users having avoided internet activities in the previous 12 months due to security risks by group of individuals IT45: 16-74-year-old internet users having made backups of files on external storage devices or on internet storage space by group of individuals IT46: Knowledge of internet cookies and their limitation in browser among 16–74 year old internet users by group of individuals IT47: 16-74 year olds having experienced security risks when using the internet in the previous 12 months by group of individuals IT621: Persons using the internet with portable devices away from home and work by group of individuals and device/internet connection and under the subject area “Social life / Households / Household living conditions / Information technology in household” in the following tables: IT21: Households having internet connection at home by type of household and type of internet connection (2005-2016) IT211: Households having internet connection at home by place of residence and type of internet connection (2005-2016) | |
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes. | |
Data serve as input for statistical activity 50101 “Regional development”. | |
Eurostat’s model questionnaire and methodological manual: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/digital-economy-and-society/methodology | |
The quality report, which is sent to Eurostat is available at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/digital-economy-and-society/methodology. |
To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act. | |
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions. |
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications | |
Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys. | |
In compliance with the rules (regulations) |
At the Estonian level, the data are georgraphically comparable across counties and Tallinn. At the European level, data are geographically comparable by country, population density and rate of urbalisation. The questions and concepts used in the survey, and the data are comparable at the European level; differences occur in Estonian national questions. | |
The data are comparable over time. The differences in data for 2013 and 2014 can be caused by changes in methodology due to transition from survey conducted as part of the Labour Force Survey to a separate survey. | |
There is no connection with other fields. | |
Due to rounding, the sums received by adding numbers in tables are not always equal with the total. The difference can be up to some last decimal places. |
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia. | |
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available. |
SURVEY DATA The population is 1,102,000 persons aged 15 and above. The sample includes 6,500 persons. The type of sampling is simple random stratified sampling by place of residence. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA The data on loss of capacity for work and on degree of disability are received from the Social Insurance Board. The data on a person’s highest level of education completed according to ISCED 2011 (International Standard Classification of Education) are received from Statistics Estonia’s population base (which is based on educational data of different national registers). The data on a person’s ethnic nationality, citizenship and country of birth are received from the statistical person’s register of Statistics Estonia (which is based on data of different national registers). DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Not used | |
Annual | |
The data are collected from persons. Data colletcion methods are computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) and computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). Computer-assisted telephone interviews are conducted by accordingly trained telephone interviewers of Statistics Estonia. Observation fieldwork information system (VVIS) is used in order to manage and monitor the data collection process. The questionnaires are designed to be completed on the computer by the interviewer. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Questionnaires. The data are collected with the official statistics quarterly questionnaire “Information technology in households and by individuals”. | |
Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with other data. Before data dissemination, data internal coherence is checked. | |
In the case of missing or unreliable data, estimate imputation based on established regulations will be used. Variables and statistical units which were not collected but which are necessary for producing the output are calculated or linked with statistical register of persons. New variables are calculated by applying arithmetic conversion to already existing variables. This may be done repeatedly, the derived variable may, in turn, be based on previously derived new variables. Weights are calculated for statistical units and the data collected by a sample survey are expanded to the whole population. Microdata are aggregated to the level necessary for analysis. This includes aggregation of the data according to the classification and calculating various statistical measures, e.g. average, median, dispersion, etc. Only estimates which are based on 20 or more respondents are published. The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators. | |
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