Teens: providing personal data online in Germany 2011-2013

This statistic shows the results of a survey on what types of personal information teenagers provided online in Germany from 2011 to 2013. In 2012, 73 percent of German teens stated that they had published information about hobbies and other activities online.

Share of teenagers who provided the following types of personal information online in Germany from 2011 to 2013

Characteristic	2011	2012	2013
Own pictures or videos	65%	65%	67%
Information about hobbies or other activities	73%	73%	62%
Own e-mail adress	46%	50%	43%
Pictures or videos of friends, family members	40%	42%	43%
Own instant messenger number	14%	7%	5%
Own blogs, online diaries or Twitter	5%	6%	4%
Own mobile phone or landline phone number	3%	3%	5%

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Release date

November 2013

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2011 to 2013

Number of respondents

1,170*

Age group

12-19 years

Special properties

internet users

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* n (2013) = 1,170, n (2012) = 1,182, n (2011) = 1,188

The JIM study is published by the Research association for media education South-West (Medienpädagogischer Forschungsverbund Südwest), which is a joint venture of the State office of communication Baden-Württemberg (Landesanstalt für Kommunikation LFK) and the State center of media and communication Rhineland-Palatinate (Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation, LMK). The series is developed in cooperation with SWR media research, Zeitungs Marketing Gesellschaft (ZMG), the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the State Agencies for Civic Education in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the Stiftung Lesen (Foundation for reading).

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