1 in 5 Europeans Has Never Used the Internet

[Politically_Incorrect12]

Believe it or not, at a time when many of us are glued to our smartphones and messaging apps, there are still many Europeans who say they have never used the Internet.

Nearly one in five Europeans aged 16 to 74 have still never used the internet, according to the latest results in an annual survey released Tuesday from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office.

When asked, “When did you last use the Internet?”, 18% of people surveyed answered “never,” down from 43% in 2006.

Those results are similar to a forecast made by research company eMarketer in November. The company said that about 73% of Western Europeans and 52% of Central and Eastern Europeans had used the Internet at least once in the past month.

Read more at: blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/12/17/1-in-5-europeans-has-never-used-the-internet/

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Despite 98 percent of the United States having access to high-speed broadband, 20 percent of American adults still don’t use the Internet at home, work, or school, The New York Times reports. venturebeat.com/2013/08/19/20-percent-of-american-adults-still-dont-use-the-internet/

Doesn't specifically state "never" but still.

[Politically_Incorrect12]

Interesting statistic either way.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

That's a pretty broad swath of the population- ages 16 to 74.  We know Europeans are having fewer children (negative native population growth plagues Europe), and that the population is older- meaning more people in that group are closer to 74 than 16.  I'd be interested in how Europe compares age group to age group-- in other words, ages 16 to 24 in Europe vs. the US-- I bet it's roughly the same.

[djAdvocate]

Dec 20, 2014 15:24:39 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

That's a pretty broad swath of the population- ages 16 to 74.  We know Europeans are having fewer children (negative native population growth plagues Europe), and that the population is older- meaning more people in that group are closer to 74 than 16.  I'd be interested in how Europe compares age group to age group-- in other words, ages 16 to 24 in Europe vs. the US-- I bet it's roughly the same.

i think the population demographics in MOST of Europe are similar to here- particularly in Northern Europe.

[Tennesseer]

Dec 20, 2014 15:38:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Dec 20, 2014 15:24:39 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

That's a pretty broad swath of the population- ages 16 to 74.  We know Europeans are having fewer children (negative native population growth plagues Europe), and that the population is older- meaning more people in that group are closer to 74 than 16.  I'd be interested in how Europe compares age group to age group-- in other words, ages 16 to 24 in Europe vs. the US-- I bet it's roughly the same.

i think the population demographics in MOST of Europe are similar to here- particularly in Northern Europe.

List of countries by median age

[djAdvocate]

Dec 20, 2014 16:35:47 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Dec 20, 2014 15:38:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i think the population demographics in MOST of Europe are similar to here- particularly in Northern Europe.

List of countries by median age

good catch, Tenn- they are at least 5 years OLDER on average.