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Use of Internet Nine out of ten individuals use the Internet at least once a week. The Internet use decreases with age. Starting from 98,8% for the 16–24 age group the Internet use drops to 71,1% for the 55 – 74 age group. Persons with high educational attainment level (97,9%) use the internet more frequently than persons with low educational attainment level (64,4%). (Figure 1)  The most popular Internet activities by individuals during the first quarter of 2022 were instant messaging via Skype, Messenger, WhatsApp and Viber (91,9%), making calls over the Internet (91,4%), watching video content from sharing services like YouTube (88,6%), participating in social networks like Facebook and Twitter (87,0%) and finding information about goods or services (81,6%). (Table 1) 17,8% of persons that used the Internet in the first quarter of 2022, used online learning material other than a complete online course, 17,7% had an online course and 17,0% communicated with educators or learners using audio or video online tools. (Table 1) e-Government During the period of April 2021
- March 2022, 50,7% of individuals aged 16-74 accessed information stored
about them by public authorities or public services, 41,2% obtained
information and 15,3% accessed information from public databases or
registers. e-Commerce The percentage of individuals
16-74 years old placing online orders during the first quarter of the year
decreased to 37,0% in 2022 compared to 48,0% in 2021. (Table 2) The most popular categories of
goods/services ordered online were the following: clothes (including sport
clothing) shoes or accessories (75,8%), deliveries or pick up from
restaurants, fast-food chains (71,8%), sports goods (excluding sport
clothing) (34,5%) and computers, mobile phones or accessories (30,6%).
(Figure 2) Among the people who bought or
ordered goods or services for private use in the first quarter of 2022, 84,8%
prefer sellers from Cyprus, 77,7% bought from sellers from other EU countries
and 59,7% from sellers from the rest of the world. (Table 2) 
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METHODOLOGICAL NOTE Aim The aim of the survey is to
collect data on the access of households to selected Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT), the use of Internet, use of e-Government,
e-Commerce, Internet of Things and Green ICT. Coverage The survey was conducted during
the period April – June 2022 and covered 1.664 households with at least one
member aged 16 – 74 (inclusive) and 3.268 individuals aged 16 – 74
(inclusive). The survey covers all the government controlled areas of the
Republic of Cyprus. Sampling The sampling frame used for the
selection of the sample was the 2011 Population Census Frame, with reference
date the 1st of October 2011. The sampling units are households. Auxiliary
information for each household (district, municipality, quarter, address, number
of persons, telephone numbers) is also included in the frame. The 2011 Census
frame was updated at different time periods with data obtained from the
Electricity Authority of Cyprus. The selection of the sample in
urban areas is done by simple random sampling (one-stage sampling). In rural
areas, two-stage sampling is used. Villages are the primary sampling units,
while households are the secondary sampling units. Neighbouring Villages with
a small number of households are merged in order to create complexes with a
minimum number of households. The sample of villages is selected with
probability proportional to the size of the village (PPS). Some villages are
large and therefore their probability of selection is equal to 1. A simple
random sample of households is selected from each village. All individuals, aged 16-74
(inclusive), within each sampled household were selected. Data
Collection The data
collection was conducted through telephone interviews with all individuals of
household aged 16 -74 (inclusive). In case of absence of an individual,
another member of the household who knew, answered the questionnaire. Reference
Period The data
refers to first quarter of 2022, unless otherwise stated. Definitions e- Commerce:
Use of e-commerce refers to the purchase of goods and services over the
Internet for private use via any device. Purchases refer to ordering goods or
services for which payment is required but the payment does not have to be
online. Orders via manually typed e-mails, SMS or MMS should be excluded. e- Government:
Use of e-government refers to electronic contacts via the Internet with
public authorities and some public services. Contacts through manually typed
e-mails should be excluded. Use of Internet: Internet use via any device: desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet,
as well as smart phones, games consoles, e-book readers. For more information: CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Information Society CYSTAT-DB (Online Database) Data up to 2020 are available in
excel format under Predefined Tables Contact Antreas Charalambous: Tel:+35726804436, Email.: ancharalambous@cystat.mof.gov.cy Thomas Gregoriou: Tel.:
+35722602126, Email: tgregoriou@cystat.mof.gov.cy (EP) |
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