Caribbean Netherlands; use of internet of persons, personal characteristics

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Personal characteristics Accuracy Caribbean Netherlands Access to the internet at home (%) Type of internet connections A dial-up connection (%) Type of internet connections A broadband connection (%) Type of internet connections Mobile connection, e.g. mobile phone (%) When last used the internet < 3 months ago (%) When last used the internet 3 - <12 months ago (%) When last used the internet > 1 year ago (%) When last used the internet Never used the internet (%) Frequency of internet use last 3 months (Nearly) every day (%) Frequency of internet use last 3 months Not every day, at least once a week (%) Frequency of internet use last 3 months Not every week, at least once a month (%) Frequency of internet use last 3 months Less than once a month (%) Location internet use last 3 months At home (%) Location internet use last 3 months At someone else's home (%) Location internet use last 3 months At work (%) Location internet use last 3 months At an educational institute (%) Location internet use last 3 months Somewhere else (%) Purpose internet use last 3 months Online banking (%) Purpose internet use last 3 months Download software other than for games (%) Purpose internet use last 3 months Online purchases (%) Purpose internet use last 3 months Communication Phone calls over the internet (%)
Total persons Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 84.8 . . . 93.8 . . . 93.0 6.2 0.5 . . . . . . 52.7 24.1 43.6 77.2
Bonaire 85.5 . . . 96.1 . . . 96.4 3.2 . . . . . . . 52.7 22.0 36.1 81.6
St. Eustatius 80.1 . . . 87.9 . . . 80.7 17.2 1.7 . . . . . . 48.4 18.6 52.9 65.7
Saba 89.3 . . . 92.9 . . . 95.4 4.3 . . . . . . . 58.2 39.5 61.2 74.6
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.7 . . . 1.3 . . . 1.4 1.3 0.4 . . . . . . 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.3
Bonaire 2.2 . . . 1.3 . . . 1.3 1.2 . . . . . . . 3.4 2.9 3.3 2.7
St. Eustatius 4.0 . . . 3.7 . . . 4.8 4.5 1.6 . . . . . . 6.0 4.7 6.1 5.7
Saba 3.8 . . . 3.4 . . . 2.8 2.7 . . . . . . . 6.7 6.7 6.7 5.9
Sex: male Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 84.0 . . . 93.0 . . . 92.4 6.5 . . . . . . . 48.4 28.3 43.9 75.9
Bonaire 84.8 . . . 94.9 . . . 95.6 3.6 . . . . . . . 46.5 24.3 36.3 80.9
St. Eustatius 78.7 . . . 88.1 . . . 81.0 16.7 . . . . . . . 47.7 22.3 51.8 61.2
Saba 89.0 . . . 92.3 . . . 94.8 4.5 . . . . . . . 57.3 52.1 63.4 75.7
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.5 . . . 1.9 . . . 2.0 1.9 . . . . . . . 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.3
Bonaire 3.1 . . . 2.1 . . . 2.0 1.8 . . . . . . . 4.8 4.2 4.7 3.8
St. Eustatius 5.7 . . . 5.1 . . . 6.6 6.3 . . . . . . . 8.4 7.0 8.4 8.2
Saba 5.5 . . . 5.0 . . . 4.3 4.0 . . . . . . . 9.6 9.7 9.3 8.3
Sex: female Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 85.7 . . . 94.6 . . . 93.7 6.0 . . . . . . . 57.0 19.9 43.2 78.5
Bonaire 86.2 . . . 97.3 . . . 97.2 2.8 . . . . . . . 59.0 19.7 35.9 82.3
St. Eustatius 81.6 . . . 87.6 . . . 80.4 17.7 . . . . . . . 49.3 14.6 54.0 70.4
Saba 89.6 . . . 93.5 . . . 96.0 4.0 . . . . . . . 59.2 27.1 59.0 73.5
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.5 . . . 1.7 . . . 1.9 1.8 . . . . . . . 3.9 3.1 3.9 3.2
Bonaire 3.1 . . . 1.5 . . . 1.6 1.6 . . . . . . . 4.8 3.9 4.7 3.7
St. Eustatius 5.6 . . . 5.4 . . . 6.9 6.6 . . . . . . . 8.7 6.2 8.7 7.9
Saba 5.4 . . . 4.6 . . . 3.8 3.8 . . . . . . . 9.5 8.6 9.6 8.5
Age: 15 to 44 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 92.0 . . . 97.7 . . . 95.0 4.5 . . . . . . . 53.1 31.2 48.6 80.6
Bonaire 91.8 . . . 99.3 . . . 97.4 2.4 . . . . . . . 54.6 27.9 40.9 87.0
St. Eustatius 87.8 . . . 92.0 . . . 86.1 12.6 . . . . . . . 42.7 25.1 56.6 66.3
Saba 97.8 . . . 99.3 . . . 96.8 . . . . . . . . 59.3 47.4 63.7 76.2
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.9 . . . 1.1 . . . 1.6 1.5 . . . . . . . 3.7 3.4 3.7 2.9
Bonaire 2.5 . . . 0.8 . . . 1.5 1.5 . . . . . . . 4.7 4.3 4.7 3.2
St. Eustatius 4.8 . . . 4.3 . . . 5.7 5.4 . . . . . . . 8.1 7.1 8.1 7.7
Saba 2.4 . . . 1.3 . . . 2.9 . . . . . . . . 8.2 8.3 8.1 7.1
Age: 45 years or older Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 77.9 . . . 89.3 . . . 90.6 8.3 . . . . . . . 52.3 15.5 37.5 72.9
Bonaire 79.8 . . . 92.8 . . . 95.3 4.0 . . . . . . . 50.6 15.6 30.9 75.6
St. Eustatius 73.0 . . . 83.4 . . . 74.3 22.7 . . . . . . . 55.3 10.8 48.2 64.9
Saba 78.0 . . . 82.0 . . . 92.6 7.4 . . . . . . . 56.1 23.1 56.0 71.3
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.8 . . . 2.4 . . . 2.4 2.3 . . . . . . . 4.1 3.0 4.0 3.6
Bonaire 3.4 . . . 2.5 . . . 2.1 2.0 . . . . . . . 5.0 3.6 4.6 4.3
St. Eustatius 6.2 . . . 6.1 . . . 7.9 7.5 . . . . . . . 8.9 5.6 9.1 8.6
Saba 7.8 . . . 8.3 . . . 6.3 6.3 . . . . . . . 11.9 10.1 12.0 10.9
Age: 15 to 24 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 91.9 . . . 98.2 . . . 95.5 4.0 . . . . . . . 36.9 36.7 45.2 78.1
Bonaire 89.5 . . . 99.2 . . . 98.2 . . . . . . . . 38.0 30.8 37.3 86.3
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 3.5 . . . 1.8 . . . 2.8 2.7 . . . . . . . 6.6 6.6 6.9 5.7
Bonaire 5.2 . . . 1.6 . . . 2.4 . . . . . . . . 8.8 8.3 8.7 6.2
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Age: 25 to 44 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 92.0 . . . 97.5 . . . 94.8 4.7 . . . . . . . 59.7 28.9 49.9 81.7
Bonaire 92.7 . . . 99.3 . . . 97.1 2.9 . . . . . . . 61.1 26.8 42.3 87.3
St. Eustatius 87.0 . . . 91.7 . . . 86.7 11.5 . . . . . . . 50.8 21.7 61.2 69.0
Saba 96.7 . . . 99.0 . . . 96.3 . . . . . . . . 65.4 44.7 62.3 77.8
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.3 . . . 1.3 . . . 1.9 1.9 . . . . . . . 4.3 4.0 4.4 3.4
Bonaire 2.8 . . . 0.9 . . . 1.9 1.9 . . . . . . . 5.5 5.0 5.6 3.7
St. Eustatius 5.7 . . . 5.0 . . . 6.5 6.1 . . . . . . . 9.5 7.8 9.3 8.8
Saba 3.6 . . . 2.0 . . . 3.9 . . . . . . . . 9.8 10.3 10.0 8.6
Age: 45 to 64 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 82.6 . . . 92.3 . . . 92.0 7.3 . . . . . . . 52.2 15.0 37.9 72.0
Bonaire 85.6 . . . 95.2 . . . 95.9 3.3 . . . . . . . 51.3 14.9 32.4 75.6
St. Eustatius 77.4 . . . 85.7 . . . 77.8 21.2 . . . . . . . 52.8 12.3 47.5 62.7
Saba 77.4 . . . 88.8 . . . 94.3 . . . . . . . . 56.9 20.5 54.7 67.6
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 3.1 . . . 2.4 . . . 2.5 2.4 . . . . . . . 4.6 3.3 4.5 4.2
Bonaire 3.5 . . . 2.4 . . . 2.2 2.0 . . . . . . . 5.6 4.0 5.3 4.8
St. Eustatius 6.9 . . . 6.6 . . . 8.5 8.3 . . . . . . . 10.2 6.7 10.2 9.9
Saba 9.7 . . . 8.3 . . . 6.5 . . . . . . . . 13.9 11.3 14.2 13.2
Age: 65 years or older Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 66.3 . . . 79.7 . . . 85.4 12.1 . . . . . . . 52.4 17.4 35.7 75.9
Bonaire 64.6 . . . 84.6 . . . 92.8 6.9 . . . . . . . 48.2 18.4 25.1 75.7
St. Eustatius 62.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba 79.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 6.0 . . . 6.4 . . . 6.3 5.8 . . . . . . . 8.9 6.7 8.6 7.6
Bonaire 7.8 . . . 7.4 . . . 5.8 5.6 . . . . . . . 11.1 8.6 9.7 9.5
St. Eustatius 12.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba 13.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of education: Low Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 77.9 . . . 90.7 . . . 90.0 9.2 . . . . . . . 33.2 16.9 28.9 72.7
Bonaire 78.1 . . . 94.3 . . . 94.9 4.5 . . . . . . . 31.8 16.0 21.4 79.8
St. Eustatius 77.4 . . . 85.1 . . . 76.9 21.2 . . . . . . . 36.1 13.6 45.0 59.3
Saba 77.9 . . . 85.9 . . . 92.9 7.1 . . . . . . . 34.1 29.7 34.0 64.6
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.7 . . . 2.2 . . . 2.4 2.3 . . . . . . . 3.7 2.9 3.6 3.5
Bonaire 3.5 . . . 2.2 . . . 2.2 2.1 . . . . . . . 4.6 3.6 4.1 4.0
St. Eustatius 5.2 . . . 5.1 . . . 6.5 6.3 . . . . . . . 7.4 5.3 7.7 7.6
Saba 8.0 . . . 7.6 . . . 6.1 6.1 . . . . . . . 11.2 10.7 11.3 11.3
Level of education: Intermediate/High Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 93.8 . . . 96.9 . . . 96.2 3.1 . . . . . . . 72.3 31.6 57.9 81.2
Bonaire 94.6 . . . 97.8 . . . 97.7 1.9 . . . . . . . 73.1 28.2 50.3 83.1
St. Eustatius 85.8 . . . 92.8 . . . 88.6 8.9 . . . . . . . 71.5 28.0 65.9 75.5
Saba 98.1 . . . 97.0 . . . 96.7 . . . . . . . . 70.6 44.5 75.0 79.7
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.8 . . . 1.3 . . . 1.5 1.4 . . . . . . . 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.0
Bonaire 2.1 . . . 1.4 . . . 1.4 1.3 . . . . . . . 4.3 4.4 4.9 3.6
St. Eustatius 6.2 . . . 5.0 . . . 6.4 5.7 . . . . . . . 9.1 9.0 9.6 8.6
Saba 2.2 . . . 2.8 . . . 3.0 . . . . . . . . 7.6 8.3 7.3 6.8
Level of education: Intermediate Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 91.3 . . . 94.9 . . . 94.7 5.0 . . . . . . . 63.9 24.1 50.7 77.6
Bonaire 92.7 . . . 97.1 . . . 97.3 2.7 . . . . . . . 67.2 22.1 43.3 81.6
St. Eustatius 82.4 . . . 87.9 . . . 84.4 13.1 . . . . . . . 64.1 22.0 58.9 70.0
Saba 95.7 . . . 92.7 . . . 92.9 7.1 . . . . . . . 48.9 35.5 76.5 66.7
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.7 . . . 2.2 . . . 2.4 2.3 . . . . . . . 5.0 4.5 5.3 4.4
Bonaire 3.1 . . . 2.1 . . . 2.0 2.0 . . . . . . . 5.9 5.2 6.3 4.9
St. Eustatius 8.6 . . . 8.2 . . . 9.8 9.1 . . . . . . . 12.9 11.2 13.3 12.3
Saba 5.1 . . . 6.8 . . . 6.9 6.9 . . . . . . . 13.5 12.9 11.5 12.7
Level of education: High Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 97.3 . . . 99.3 . . . 98.0 . . . . . . . . 82.5 40.7 66.5 85.6
Bonaire 97.6 . . . 98.8 . . . 98.4 . . . . . . . . 81.8 37.1 60.6 85.2
St. Eustatius 91.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba 100.0 . . . 100.0 . . . 99.2 . . . . . . . . 84.6 50.4 74.0 88.1
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides data about access and use of the internet by the population of the Caribbean Netherlands aged 15 years and older in private households. The following topics are presented: access to the internet at home, type of internet connections and when persons have last used the internet. For persons who have used the internet in the last three months, the table provides information about the frequency of the use of internet in the last three months, in which location the persons last went online and the kind of internet activities.
In 2017/2018, questions about the use of the internet were only asked to people who have internet access at home, whereas in 2013 these questions were asked to people who have internet access at home and/or elsewhere. The figures on the use of the internet are therefore not comparable between 2013 and 2017/2018.
Breakdowns by sex, age and level of education are presented. These aspects are shown for the Caribbean Netherlands and also for the islands Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba separately.
The research is a sample survey. This means that the figures shown are estimates for which reliability margins apply. These margins are also included in the table.
The Omnibus survey was carried out for the first time on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius in 2013 during the month of June and the first week of July. For the second time the Omnibus survey was carried out on Bonaire during the months of October and November 2017, and on Saba and St. Eustatius in the period January to March 2018.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 4 April 2019
None, this is a new table.

When will new figures be published?
New data will be published every four years.

Description topics

Access to the internet at home
Respondents were asked if someone in the household has internet access at home via any device at all.
Type of internet connections
In 2013, respondents who have indicated that they have access to internet at home, were asked: In which of the following ways does your household go online? Answer possibilities: ‘a dial-up connection’, ‘a broadband connection’, ‘or a mobile connection e.g. via a mobile phone or a dongle’. More than one answer possible.
A dial-up connection
A broadband connection
Mobile connection, e.g. mobile phone
When last used the internet
Respondents were asked: When did you last go online? Answer possibilities: ‘in the last 3 months’, ‘between 3 months and 1 year ago’, ‘more than 1 year ago’, ‘respondent has never used the internet’.
< 3 months ago
3 - <12 months ago
> 1 year ago
Never used the internet
Frequency of internet use last 3 months
Respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked: On average, how often have you been online in the last 3 months? Answer possibilities: ‘every day or nearly every day’, ‘at least once a week, but not every day’, ‘at least once a month, but not every week’, ‘less than once a month’.
(Nearly) every day
Not every day, at least once a week
Not every week, at least once a month
Less than once a month
Location internet use last 3 months
In 2013, respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked: In which of the following locations did you go online in the last 3 months? Answer possibilities: ‘at home’, ‘at work’, ‘at an educational institute’, ‘at someone else’s home’ or ‘somewhere else’. More than one answer possible.
At home
At someone else's home
At work
At an educational institute
Somewhere else
Purpose internet use last 3 months
Respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked for which private activities the internet was used in that period. The following topics were discussed: Communication, News, Online banking, Entertainment, To download software other than for games, and for online purchases.
Communication
Phone calls over the internet
Respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked: In the last 3 months, have you made private phone calls over the internet using a software program like Skype, FaceTime or Messenger?
Online banking
Respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked: In the last 3 months, have you used the internet for online banking?
Download software other than for games
Respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked: In the last 3 months, have you used the internet to download software other than for games?
Online purchases
Respondents who have used the internet in the last 3 months were asked: When did you last purchase or order online goods or services for private use? Answer possibilities: ‘In the last 3 months’, ‘Between 3 months and 1 year ago’, ‘More than 1 year ago’, ‘Respondent has never purchased or ordered goods online’.