Netherlands: online information and entertainment activities, by gender

In the report, the respondents answered this following question : "What kind of online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past three months?". The figure illustrates the share of individuals who used the Internet for online information and entertainment activities in the Netherlands in 2019, by gender. As of 2019, 48.2 percent of male respondents said they used the Internet to upload pictures, music or text.

What kind of online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past three months?*

Characteristic	Men	Women
Information about goods and services	87.3%	81.1%
Searching for a job or sending a job application	22.6%	22.4%
Information about health	66.5%	71.3%
Watching television	66.2%	58.6%
Reading or downloading newspapers or news magazines	74.3%	65.7%
Playing or downloading music or games	74.4%	70.3%
Uploading pictures, music, tekst, etc	48.2%	51.9%

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

individuals who are part of a private household; internet for personal usage

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question: "Did you use the Internet in the past three months for one of the following activities: to find information about goods or services; to use services in the travel branch; to look for a job or apply for a job; to find information concerning health; to listen to the radio; to watch television; to read or download newspapers or news magazines; to play or download games, images, movies or music; to upload self made pictures, music, video's, text or software; to download software other than games".

Multiple answers were possible.

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