Netherlands: locations to use the internet, by education level 2017

This statistic shows the responses to the survey question: "Where did you use the internet in the past 3 months?". As of 2017, roughly 43 percent of Dutch individuals with a low education level said they used internet at someone else's home in the past three months.

Where did you use the internet in the past 3 months?*

Characteristic	At home	At someone else's home	At work	At an educational institution	Somewhere else
Low	83%	42.8%	28.5%	30.1%	38.9%
Mid	95.2%	55.9%	64.4%	21%	56.3%
High	98.4%	66%	75.9%	22.3%	69.7%

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Release date

October 2018

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

individuals who are part of a private household; excluded citizens in institutions and homes

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* According to the source, the respondents were asked the "place of internet usage in the last 3 months".

Definition of highest achieved education levels according to the source:
- Low education level: "Primary education, VMBO (pre-vocational secondary education), lower years of HAVO/VWO (senior general and pre-university secondary education), or MBO (assistant training secondary vocational education)"
- Mid education level: "Upper years of HAVO/VWO, MBO 2, 3 and 4 (basic training to middle-management level of secondary vocational education)"
- High education level: "HBO (higher professional education) and WO (university education)"

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