0 Individuals who know that cookies can be used to trace movements of people on the internet
1 Individuals who don't know that cookies can be used to trace movements of people on the internet
2 Individuals have ever changed the settings in their internet browser to prevent or limit the amount of cookies
3 Individuals who have never changed the settings in their internet browser to prevent or limit the amount of cookies
4 Individuals who know that cookies can be used to trace movements of people on the internet and who have ever changed the settings in their internet browser to prevent or limit them
5 Individuals who know that cookies can be used to trace movements of people on the internet and who have never changed the settings in their internet browser to prevent or limit them
6 Individuals provided personal details over the internet (name, date of birth, identity card number)
7 Individuals provided contact details over the internet
8 Individuals provided payment details over the internet
9 Individuals provided other personal information over the internet (e.g. photos, current location, information related to health, employment, income)
a Individuals did not provide any personal information over the internet
b Individuals provided personal information over the internet
c Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by reading privacy policy statements before providing personal information
d Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by restricting access to their geograpical location
e Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by limiting access to their profile or content on social networking sites
f Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by not allowing the use of personal information for advertising purposes
g Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by checking that the website where they needed to provide personal information was secure (e.g. https sites, safety logo or certificate)
h Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by asking websites or search engines to access the information hold about them to be updated or deleted
i Individuals managed access to their personal information on the internet by doing at least one of the selected activities (i_piacpp, i_piacgeo, i_piacsn, i_piacadv, i_piacsweb, i_piacud)
j Individuals are very concerned with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising
k Individuals are somewhat concerned with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising
l Individuals are not concerned at all with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising
m Individuals are concerned (to any degree) with their online activities being recorded to provide them with tailored advertising
n Individuals use anti-tracking software (software that limits the ability to track their activities on the internet)
o Individuals don't use anti-tracking software (software that limits the ability to track their activities on the internet)
Individual type
00 All Individuals
01 Individuals, 15 years old or less
02 Individuals, 16 to 24 years old
03 Individuals, 25 to 34 years old
04 Individuals, 25 to 54 years old
05 Individuals, 25 to 64 years old
06 Individuals, 35 to 44 years old
07 Individuals, 45 to 54 years old
08 Individuals, 55 to 64 years old
09 Individuals, 55 to 74 years old
0a Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
0b Individuals, 75 years old or more
0c Individuals aged 16-24 with low education
0d Individuals aged 16-24 with medium formal education
0e Individuals aged 16-24 with high formal education
0f Individuals aged 25 to 54 with low formal education
0g Individuals aged 25 to 54 with medium formal education
0h Individuals aged 25 to 54 with high formal education
0i Individuals aged 25 to 64 with low formal education
0j Individuals aged 25 to 64 with medium formal education
0k Individuals aged 25 to 64 with high formal education
0l Individuals aged 55 to 74 with low formal education
0m Individuals aged 55 to 74 with medium formal education
0n Individuals aged 55 to 74 with high formal education
0o Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are employees, self-employed or family workers
0p Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are unemployed
0q Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
0r Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
0s Males, 16 to 24 years old
0t Females, 16 to 24 years old
0u Males, 16 to 74 years old
0v Females, 16 to 74 years old
0w Males 25 to 54 years old
0x Females 25 to 54 years old
0y Males, 25 to 64 years old
0z Females, 25 to 64 years old
10 Males 55 to 74 years old
11 Females 55 to 74 years old
12 Males with low formal education
13 Females with low formal education
14 Males with medium formal education
15 Females with medium formal education
16 Males with high formal education
17 Females with high formal education
18 Individuals with no or low formal education
19 Individuals with medium formal education
1a Individuals with high formal education
1b Individuals who are born in another EU Member State
1c Individuals who are born in non-EU country
1d Individuals who are foreign-born
1e Individuals who are native-born
1f Nationals of another EU-Member State
1g Nationals of non-EU country
1h Non-nationals
1i Nationals
1j Individuals in the labour force (employed and unemployed)
1k Individual living in a household with income in first quartile
1l Individual living in a household with income in second quartile
1m Individual living in a household with income in third quartile
1n Individual living in a household with income in fourth quartile
1o Individuals living in cities
1p Individuals living in towns and suburbs
1q Individuals living in rural areas
1r Individuals living in a household with broadband access
1s Individuals living in a household with Internet access but with no broadband access
1t ICT professionals
1u Non ICT professionals
1v Non-manual including the armed forces
1w Manual
1x Individuals who are retired or not in the labour force (excluding students)
1y Employees, self-employed, family workers
1z Students
20 Unemployed
21 Individuals living in a household with children
22 Individuals living in a household without children
Unit of measure
0 Percentage of individuals
1 Percentage of individuals who used internet within the last year
Geopolitical entity (reporting)
00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
01 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
02 European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013)
03 European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
04 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023)
Privacy and protection of personal information (until 2016)
methods, notes and classification
Variables