The statistic illustrates the mobile internet access locations of mobile phone users in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019. As of February 2019, 60 percent of respondents used their mobile phone to access internet equally from home and outside of the home. Mobile phones are an easy way to keep oneself entertained or quickly look up information. This is confirmed when looking at weekly smartphone activities in the UK.
Which one of these best describes where you use your mobile phone to access the internet?
Those who use their mobile phone to access the internet
Method of interview
Face-to-face interview
Supplementary notes
During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "Which one of these best describes where you use your mobile phone to access the internet?"
The source adds the following information: "Data is tested at the 95% confidence level."
*In 2018, the respondents that chose "I always use outside the home" or "Don't Know" in this survey question amounted to less than one percent of the total respondents that used their mobile phone to access the internet.
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Ofcom. (April 9, 2019). Which one of these best describes where you use your mobile phone to access the internet? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/387320/mobile-phone-usage-by-location-of-internet-access-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. "Which one of these best describes where you use your mobile phone to access the internet?." Chart. April 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 17, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/387320/mobile-phone-usage-by-location-of-internet-access-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. (2019). Which one of these best describes where you use your mobile phone to access the internet?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/387320/mobile-phone-usage-by-location-of-internet-access-in-the-uk/
Ofcom. "Which One of These Best Describes Where You Use Your Mobile Phone to Access The Internet?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/387320/mobile-phone-usage-by-location-of-internet-access-in-the-uk/
Ofcom, Which one of these best describes where you use your mobile phone to access the internet? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/387320/mobile-phone-usage-by-location-of-internet-access-in-the-uk/ (last visited February 17, 2020)
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