Netherlands: mobile internet device use, by education

This statistic shows the responses to the survey question: "Did you use mobile internet on a device in the past 3 months?" This figure illustrates the share of individuals who using mobile internet with different devices in 2019, by education level. As of 2019, roughly 47 percent of highly educated Dutch individuals said they used mobile internet on a laptop.

Did you use mobile internet on a device in the past 3 months?*

Characteristic	Total	Mobile phone or smartphone	Laptop	Tablet	Other mobile device
Low	71.7%	68.7%	24.6%	19.4%	7.1%
Mid	88.5%	86.8%	33.7%	25.2%	10%
High	94.1%	92.7%	47.3%	37.9%	15.3%

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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; excluding citizens in institutions and homes

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "In the past 3 months, have you used mobile internet at home or at work on one of the following devices: - Mobile phone or smartphone? - Laptop or netbook? - Tablet? - Other device?"

Multiple answers possible.

The source defines the education levels as follows:

Low education level: "Primary education, VMBO (preparatory middle-level vocational education), first three years of Havo/VWO (higher general and pre-university secondary education), or assistant education (MBO-1)"
Mid education level: "Last years of Havo/VWO, MBO2, 3 and 4 (middle applied education)"
High education level: "HBO (higher applied education) and WO (university studies) and older educational programs which are comparable."

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