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 Proportion of persons aged between 16 and 74 years old using Internet (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of persons aged between 16 and 74 years old using Internet (%) by Internet last usage; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Survey on ICT usage in private households
First available period 2004
Last available period 2015
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Internet last usage
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • INTERNET:  The connection to the set of global computer networks interlinked by the TCP/IP protocol (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), where data and service servers are located (FTP, WWW, email, etc.).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule (Persons aged between 16 and 74 years old using Internet/ Resident population aged between 16 and 74 years old)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 17/11/2015


information presented in 4/11/2025