Netherlands: online communication activities, by gender

This statistic shows the responses to the survey question: "Which online communication activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?" The figure illustrates the share of individuals who used the internet for online communication activities in the Netherlands in 2019, by gender. As of 2019, 26.7 percent of men in the Netherlands said they used the internet to read or keep a blog.

Which online communication activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?*

Characteristic	Men	Women
Chatting	29.1%	21.4%
Reading or keeping a blog	26.7%	20.9%
Social network activities**	87.8%	86.1%
Sending and receiving e-mail	90.5%	86.7%
Making phone calls via internet	59.2%	56.6%
Posting societal - political opinions	10.3%	5.2%
Participating in societal online discussions	10.4%	5.6%

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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

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 send or receive e-mails; To make phone calls via the internet; To chat; To read or keep up with blogs; To Exchange text messages; To participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; To participate in a professional network like LinkedIn."

** The latter three survey answers are grouped together as 'social network activities': exchange text messages; participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; participate in a professional network like LinkedIn.

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