EUROSTAT ICT usage surveys

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EUROSTAT ICT usage surveys

• Albrecht Wirthmann Information society
  statistics
• Albrecht.Wirthmann_at_ec.europa.eu
• http//ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ict

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Outline

• Political Context
• Legal instruments for data collection
• Basic characteristics of IS surveys
• Enterprises
• Households and individuals
• Further developments and issues

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Political Context

• Renewed Lisbon Strategy of the European Union for
  economic growth and employment
• I2010 strategy as successor to eEurope 2005
• Comprehensive strategy for the ICT and media
  sector
• Single European Information Space
• Innovation and Investment in ICT research
• Inclusive European information society
• I2010 benchmarking framework (April 2006)
• Annual European Information Society progress
  report

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Information Society Statistics

• Legal basis
• Framework Regulation 808/2004 concerning
  Community Statistics on the Information Society
• Annual implementing Regulations, e.g.
  Commission regulation 847/2007 for the 2008
  survey
• Preparation of annual Regulation
• Task force meetings with data users and producers
• Agreement at working group meetings
• Formal consultation of European Commission
  Services
• Formal consultation of Statistical Programme
  Committee (Member States of European Union)
• Adoption by European Commission as Implementing
  Regulation

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Basic characteristics of IS surveys

• 2 annual surveys on ICT usage
• in enterprises
• in households and by individuals
• Eurostat model questionnaire
• Methodological manual
• Definition of transmission format
• Quality assurance and reporting
• Statistics are published in reference year
• Geographical coverage is European Union EEA

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Enterprise survey

• I2010 core variables
• Basic connectivity and ICT adoption
• Specific modules
• Interaction with public administration
  (e-government)
• Skills and digital literacy (2007)
• e-Business (2008)
• e-Commerce (2009)
• Security (2010)

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Enterprise survey

• Scope
• Enterprises gt 10 persons employed
• NACE section D K division 92,93
• Sample size
• 107000 enterprises in 2007
• Breakdowns
• Classes of economic activity
• Size of enterprise (person employed)
• ca. 65 Variables, 5 background variables

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Household survey

• I2010 core variables
• Access and use of computers
• Access and use of Internet
• Specific modules
• e-government
• Skills and digital literacy (2007)
• Advanced services (2008)
• E-commerce and trust (2009)
• Security (2010)

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Household survey

• Scope
• Households, Individuals with age 16-74 (optional
  12-15)
• Sample size
• 150000 households in 2007
• Social-demographic background variables
• Age, gender, educational level, employment
  situation, occupation, household composition,
  household income, urbanisation
• gt 140 collection variables 11 background
  variables

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ICT Usage Surveys 2009

• Enterprises
• E-Commerce as special module according to i2010
  benchmarking framework
• Introduction of NACE Rev 2
• Emphasis on e-business and e-commerce
• Definition of e-commerce
• Additional module on Radio Frequency
  Identification (RFID)
• Households / Individuals
• E-Commerce and trust as special module according
  to i2010 benchmarking framework
• Transmission of micro-data on voluntary basis

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Future

• Further developments
• Successor to i2010 strategy
• Amendment of existing framework regulation
• Specific Issues
• Introduction of NACE Rev 2
• Inclusion of additional age groups
• Discussion on e-commerce definition
• Collaboration with OECD
• Collaboration within Partnership
• Additional Information at IS section of Eurostat
  website
• http//ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ict

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I2010 benchmarking framework (1)

• Monitoring the European Information Space
• Development of broadband
• Households and enterprises with broadband access
• Internet access by device
• Advanced services
• Regular Internet users
• Specific online activities
• Security (Special Module)
• Impact
• Indicators on growth of ICT sector

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I2010 benchmarking framework (2)

• Monitoring of Research and Business Innovation
• Investment in ICT research
• Adoption of ICT by Businesses
• Usage of computer, LAN, Intra-, Extranet, Open
  source operating systems
• e-Commerce
• Enterprises receiving orders or purchasing over
  computer networks
• e-Business
• Link of internal and external business processes
• Use of CRM
• e-invoices and e-signatures
• Secure transactions

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I2010 benchmarking framework (3)

• Monitoring of Research and Business Innovation
• Impact of adoption of ICT by Businesses
• Investment and expenditures in ICT
• Productivity impact
• Employment and skills
• Employees with ICT user and ICT specialist skills

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I2010 benchmarking framework (4)

• Monitoring of Inclusion, public services and
  quality of life
• Inclusion
• Disparity index
• Reasons for not having Internet or broadband at
  home
• Place of access to the Internet
• E-Accessibility
• Digital Literacy
• Public services
• E-Government
• Enterprises and individuals interacting with
  public authorities via the Internet

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I2010 benchmarking framework (5)

• Specific modules
• Households and Individuals
• Skills and digital literacy (2007)
• Advanced services (2008)
• e-Commerce and trust (2009)
• Security (2010)
• Enterprises
• Skills (2007)
• e-Business (2008)
• e-Commerce (2009)
• Security (2010)