Daily contact with internet friends among children in Denmark 2018, by age and gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 28, 2022

In 2018, it was more common for boys to have contact with internet friends than it was for girls. While 14 percent of the female respondents at 11 years of age had contact with an online friend daily, this was the case for 25 percent of the boys at the same age. Furthermore, the older age groups had more online contact than the younger groups. For the 15-year-olds, 28 percent of the girls and 37 percent of the boys were talking to an internet friend on a daily basis.

Are you in contact with internet friends on a daily basis?

Characteristic	Girls	Boys
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Release date

April 2019

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

February to May, 2018

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Age group

11-15 years

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.