26/2021
2021-07-30
Internet use is encouraged by the pandemic
This year has seen a record percentage of Poles using the internet. Virtually three quarters (73%) of all adults go online at least once a week, which is five percentage points more than a year ago.
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Going online is mostly dependent on age. Internet use is virtually universal for people under the age of 45, and frequent for those aged 45–54, of whom three quarters go online. Two thirds of respondents aged 55–64 are internet users. In contrast, six out of every ten respondents aged 65–74 and the vast majority of the over-75s remain offline. The greatest increase in internet use compared to last year has occurred in the 55–64, 65–74 and 35–44 age groups.
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More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (373) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register.
Respondents independently selected one of the following methods:
– Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI);
– Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS;
– Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS.
– Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI);
– Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS;
– Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS.
In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 7 – 17 June 2021 inclusive on a sample of 1218 people (60.8% using the CAPI method, 26.7% CATI and 12.6% CAWI).
CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
