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Three quarters of households have Internet connection at home

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According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2012, 75% of households in Estonia had access to Internet at home. The share of households with Internet connection at home has increased four percentage points compared to the previous year.

Eight out of ten households have an Internet connection at home

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According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2013, 80% of households in Estonia had access to the Internet at home. The share of such households has increased five percentage points compared to the same period of the previous year.

Older women are facing greater risk of poverty

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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2008 the at-risk-of-poverty rate of older women was over two times higher than that of older men. 41% of women aged 65 and older and 19% of men of the same age lived in relative poverty.

Women live 11 years longer than men

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According to Statistics Estonia, one of the most important population development indicators — life expectancy — has shown an increasing trend in Estonia in case of women as well as men during the last decade. Due to a higher life expectancy, women outnumber men at the age of 65+ by two times.

Economic recession did not influence poverty rates in 2008

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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2008 the growth of wages and salaries slowed down but the increased pensions and governmental benefits helped to maintain incomes. Therefore the relative poverty remained on the level of 2007.

Every sixth person in Estonia lived in relative poverty last year

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According to Statistics Estonia, in 2011, 17.5% of the Estonian population lived in relative poverty. The overall percentage of people living in relative poverty stayed on the same level compared to the previous year, but the income of the population increased.

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2019 Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Local and International Perspectives 2018 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_1-18 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_2-18 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_3-18 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_4-18 Indicators of Sustainable Development 2017 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_1-17 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_2-17 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_3-17 Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics Estonia_4_17 Economic and Labour Market Trends 2016 Regional Development in Estonia Statistical Yearbook of Estonia