Caribbean Netherlands; use of internet of persons, personal characteristics

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Personal characteristics Accuracy Caribbean Netherlands 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 (%)
Total persons Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 93.8 . . . 93.0 6.2 0.5 . . . . . . 52.7 24.1 43.6
Bonaire 96.1 . . . 96.4 3.2 . . . . . . . 52.7 22.0 36.1
St. Eustatius 87.9 . . . 80.7 17.2 1.7 . . . . . . 48.4 18.6 52.9
Saba 92.9 . . . 95.4 4.3 . . . . . . . 58.2 39.5 61.2
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.3 . . . 1.4 1.3 0.4 . . . . . . 2.7 2.3 2.7
Bonaire 1.3 . . . 1.3 1.2 . . . . . . . 3.4 2.9 3.3
St. Eustatius 3.7 . . . 4.8 4.5 1.6 . . . . . . 6.0 4.7 6.1
Saba 3.4 . . . 2.8 2.7 . . . . . . . 6.7 6.7 6.7
Sex: male Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 93.0 . . . 92.4 6.5 . . . . . . . 48.4 28.3 43.9
Bonaire 94.9 . . . 95.6 3.6 . . . . . . . 46.5 24.3 36.3
St. Eustatius 88.1 . . . 81.0 16.7 . . . . . . . 47.7 22.3 51.8
Saba 92.3 . . . 94.8 4.5 . . . . . . . 57.3 52.1 63.4
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.9 . . . 2.0 1.9 . . . . . . . 3.8 3.5 3.8
Bonaire 2.1 . . . 2.0 1.8 . . . . . . . 4.8 4.2 4.7
St. Eustatius 5.1 . . . 6.6 6.3 . . . . . . . 8.4 7.0 8.4
Saba 5.0 . . . 4.3 4.0 . . . . . . . 9.6 9.7 9.3
Sex: female Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 94.6 . . . 93.7 6.0 . . . . . . . 57.0 19.9 43.2
Bonaire 97.3 . . . 97.2 2.8 . . . . . . . 59.0 19.7 35.9
St. Eustatius 87.6 . . . 80.4 17.7 . . . . . . . 49.3 14.6 54.0
Saba 93.5 . . . 96.0 4.0 . . . . . . . 59.2 27.1 59.0
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.7 . . . 1.9 1.8 . . . . . . . 3.9 3.1 3.9
Bonaire 1.5 . . . 1.6 1.6 . . . . . . . 4.8 3.9 4.7
St. Eustatius 5.4 . . . 6.9 6.6 . . . . . . . 8.7 6.2 8.7
Saba 4.6 . . . 3.8 3.8 . . . . . . . 9.5 8.6 9.6
Age: 15 to 44 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 97.7 . . . 95.0 4.5 . . . . . . . 53.1 31.2 48.6
Bonaire 99.3 . . . 97.4 2.4 . . . . . . . 54.6 27.9 40.9
St. Eustatius 92.0 . . . 86.1 12.6 . . . . . . . 42.7 25.1 56.6
Saba 99.3 . . . 96.8 . . . . . . . . 59.3 47.4 63.7
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.1 . . . 1.6 1.5 . . . . . . . 3.7 3.4 3.7
Bonaire 0.8 . . . 1.5 1.5 . . . . . . . 4.7 4.3 4.7
St. Eustatius 4.3 . . . 5.7 5.4 . . . . . . . 8.1 7.1 8.1
Saba 1.3 . . . 2.9 . . . . . . . . 8.2 8.3 8.1
Age: 45 years or older Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 89.3 . . . 90.6 8.3 . . . . . . . 52.3 15.5 37.5
Bonaire 92.8 . . . 95.3 4.0 . . . . . . . 50.6 15.6 30.9
St. Eustatius 83.4 . . . 74.3 22.7 . . . . . . . 55.3 10.8 48.2
Saba 82.0 . . . 92.6 7.4 . . . . . . . 56.1 23.1 56.0
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.4 . . . 2.4 2.3 . . . . . . . 4.1 3.0 4.0
Bonaire 2.5 . . . 2.1 2.0 . . . . . . . 5.0 3.6 4.6
St. Eustatius 6.1 . . . 7.9 7.5 . . . . . . . 8.9 5.6 9.1
Saba 8.3 . . . 6.3 6.3 . . . . . . . 11.9 10.1 12.0
Age: 15 to 24 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 98.2 . . . 95.5 4.0 . . . . . . . 36.9 36.7 45.2
Bonaire 99.2 . . . 98.2 . . . . . . . . 38.0 30.8 37.3
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.8 . . . 2.8 2.7 . . . . . . . 6.6 6.6 6.9
Bonaire 1.6 . . . 2.4 . . . . . . . . 8.8 8.3 8.7
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Age: 25 to 44 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 97.5 . . . 94.8 4.7 . . . . . . . 59.7 28.9 49.9
Bonaire 99.3 . . . 97.1 2.9 . . . . . . . 61.1 26.8 42.3
St. Eustatius 91.7 . . . 86.7 11.5 . . . . . . . 50.8 21.7 61.2
Saba 99.0 . . . 96.3 . . . . . . . . 65.4 44.7 62.3
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.3 . . . 1.9 1.9 . . . . . . . 4.3 4.0 4.4
Bonaire 0.9 . . . 1.9 1.9 . . . . . . . 5.5 5.0 5.6
St. Eustatius 5.0 . . . 6.5 6.1 . . . . . . . 9.5 7.8 9.3
Saba 2.0 . . . 3.9 . . . . . . . . 9.8 10.3 10.0
Age: 45 to 64 years Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 92.3 . . . 92.0 7.3 . . . . . . . 52.2 15.0 37.9
Bonaire 95.2 . . . 95.9 3.3 . . . . . . . 51.3 14.9 32.4
St. Eustatius 85.7 . . . 77.8 21.2 . . . . . . . 52.8 12.3 47.5
Saba 88.8 . . . 94.3 . . . . . . . . 56.9 20.5 54.7
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.4 . . . 2.5 2.4 . . . . . . . 4.6 3.3 4.5
Bonaire 2.4 . . . 2.2 2.0 . . . . . . . 5.6 4.0 5.3
St. Eustatius 6.6 . . . 8.5 8.3 . . . . . . . 10.2 6.7 10.2
Saba 8.3 . . . 6.5 . . . . . . . . 13.9 11.3 14.2
Age: 65 years or older Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 79.7 . . . 85.4 12.1 . . . . . . . 52.4 17.4 35.7
Bonaire 84.6 . . . 92.8 6.9 . . . . . . . 48.2 18.4 25.1
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 6.4 . . . 6.3 5.8 . . . . . . . 8.9 6.7 8.6
Bonaire 7.4 . . . 5.8 5.6 . . . . . . . 11.1 8.6 9.7
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of education: Low Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 90.7 . . . 90.0 9.2 . . . . . . . 33.2 16.9 28.9
Bonaire 94.3 . . . 94.9 4.5 . . . . . . . 31.8 16.0 21.4
St. Eustatius 85.1 . . . 76.9 21.2 . . . . . . . 36.1 13.6 45.0
Saba 85.9 . . . 92.9 7.1 . . . . . . . 34.1 29.7 34.0
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.2 . . . 2.4 2.3 . . . . . . . 3.7 2.9 3.6
Bonaire 2.2 . . . 2.2 2.1 . . . . . . . 4.6 3.6 4.1
St. Eustatius 5.1 . . . 6.5 6.3 . . . . . . . 7.4 5.3 7.7
Saba 7.6 . . . 6.1 6.1 . . . . . . . 11.2 10.7 11.3
Level of education: Intermediate/High Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 96.9 . . . 96.2 3.1 . . . . . . . 72.3 31.6 57.9
Bonaire 97.8 . . . 97.7 1.9 . . . . . . . 73.1 28.2 50.3
St. Eustatius 92.8 . . . 88.6 8.9 . . . . . . . 71.5 28.0 65.9
Saba 97.0 . . . 96.7 . . . . . . . . 70.6 44.5 75.0
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 1.3 . . . 1.5 1.4 . . . . . . . 3.4 3.6 3.8
Bonaire 1.4 . . . 1.4 1.3 . . . . . . . 4.3 4.4 4.9
St. Eustatius 5.0 . . . 6.4 5.7 . . . . . . . 9.1 9.0 9.6
Saba 2.8 . . . 3.0 . . . . . . . . 7.6 8.3 7.3
Level of education: Intermediate Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 94.9 . . . 94.7 5.0 . . . . . . . 63.9 24.1 50.7
Bonaire 97.1 . . . 97.3 2.7 . . . . . . . 67.2 22.1 43.3
St. Eustatius 87.9 . . . 84.4 13.1 . . . . . . . 64.1 22.0 58.9
Saba 92.7 . . . 92.9 7.1 . . . . . . . 48.9 35.5 76.5
Reliability margin Caribbean Netherlands 2.2 . . . 2.4 2.3 . . . . . . . 5.0 4.5 5.3
Bonaire 2.1 . . . 2.0 2.0 . . . . . . . 5.9 5.2 6.3
St. Eustatius 8.2 . . . 9.8 9.1 . . . . . . . 12.9 11.2 13.3
Saba 6.8 . . . 6.9 6.9 . . . . . . . 13.5 12.9 11.5
Level of education: High Percentage/average Caribbean Netherlands 99.3 . . . 98.0 . . . . . . . . 82.5 40.7 66.5
Bonaire 98.8 . . . 98.4 . . . . . . . . 81.8 37.1 60.6
St. Eustatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saba 100.0 . . . 99.2 . . . . . . . . 84.6 50.4 74.0
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

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.
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’.