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. 2019 Jun 18;17(1):125–134. doi: 10.1007/s10433-019-00520-2

Table 1.

Percentage of people answering positive to the items indicating ICT use, by groups of variables.

Source: Eurobarometer 84.2 (October 2015), weighted data, N = 4404

Euro 28 65–74 75+ Entire population
Communication activity (only several times a day answers)
 Landline phone calls 28.5 34.1 30.0
 Mobile phone calls 52.5 37.2 48.5
 Send or receive SMS 22.5 13.9 20.2
 Instant messaging 9.7 4.5 8.3
 Internet phone calls 3.0 1.5 2.6
 Send e-mails 19.8 11.5 17.7
 Online social media posting 4.3 2.8 3.9
Paid Internet services used (only mentioned answers)
 Music 4.6 1.6 3.8
 Movies/documentaries 5.0 2.5 4.3
 Digital books/newspapers 6.9 4.7 6.3
 Sport events 4.6 2.4 4.0
 Phone calls 3.4 1.9 3.0
 Cloud content storing 4.5 2.0 3.9
Internet use frequency (only every day or almost every day answers)
 At home 56.8 38.7 52.3
 At place of work 8.0 2.8 6.7
 Somewhere else 4.9 1.9 4.1