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Digital Equality and the Uptake of Digital Applications among Seniors of Different Age

Annika Bergström
Annika Bergström
   | Jun 27, 2017
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Published Online: Jun 27, 2017
Page range: 79 - 91
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0398
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General use of the Internet in age groups and national average (per cent several times a week)

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
60–64 years 8 17 16 28 31 31 40 48 49 56 59 65 70 71 81 84 79 84
65–69 years 6 0 14 14 13 20 29 32 26 45 53 56 65 70 74 72 69 78
70–74 years 0 4 2 14 9 10 14 22 23 23 22 42 49 46 54 69 67 73
75–79 years 0 3 3 3 13 8 11 3 8 8 20 31 40 48 50 51 46 53
80–85 years 0 4 3 3 4 9 11 4 9 4 8 19 11 23 15 24 25 33
Average, 16–85 years 22 29 36 40 41 48 51 51 57 60 65 72 73 74 77 80 79 82
n= 196 199 211 214 201 215 226 213 222 240 237 360 369 360 513 518 580 686

Use of e-mail, news services, information search, online banking and social network sites, linear regression analyses, 2015 (standardised Beta)

E-mail News services Information search Online banking Social network sites
Sex (female=1, male=2) 0.05 *** 0.11 *** 0.07 *** 0.12 *** –0.11 ***
Age (60–85) –0.26 *** –0.19 *** –0.30 *** –0.24 *** –0.21 ***
Birth cohort 0.00 0.06 –0.01 0.00 0.00
Education 0.40 *** 0.26 *** 0.35 *** 0.27 *** 0.12 ***
Work position –0.04 * –0.05 *** –0.06 *** –0.07 *** –0.02
Household composition 0.08 *** 0.06 *** 0.09 *** 0.07 *** 0.04 *
Social habits 0.08 *** 0.08 *** 0.11 *** 0.07 *** 0.05 *
Adjusted R2 0.22 0.19 0.29 0.20 0.09

Linear regression analyses (60 to 85 years old), 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 (standardised Beta)

2000 2005 2010 2015
Sex (female=1, male=2) 0.18 *** 0.11 *** 0.06 ** 0.04 *
Age (60–85) –0.43 *** –0.25 *** –0.38 *** –0.31 ***
Birth cohort –0.21 ** 0.15 ** –0.05 0.02
Education 0.30 *** 0.33 *** 0.36 *** 0.18 ***
Work position –0.07 * –0.05 –0.03 0.20 ***
Household composition 0.04 0.06 * 0.10 *** 0.13 ***
Social habits –0.02 –0.01 0.02 0.06 ***
Adjusted R2 0.21 0.33 0.31 0.28

Use of e-mail, online news services, information search, online banking and social media networks in different age groups, 2005–2015 (per cent at least once a week)

Age 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
E-mail 60–64 58 48 54 51 61 74 60 77 75 77 71
65–69 36 38 46 53 60 60 61 69 68 69 72
70–74 36 27 21 25 43 40 49 56 54 58 71
75–79 6 8 9 17 24 41 40 22 46 42 50
80–85 9 9 9 7 20 8 19 13 16 19 25
News services 60–64 23 37 39 34 50 52 47 58 63 72 63
65–69 27 21 30 33 38 30 36 50 56 59 61
70–74 20 17 18 10 24 22 39 34 43 47 62
75–79 6 8 3 17 12 26 23 20 37 31 44
80–85 0 0 0 7 13 6 15 3 16 19 29
Information search 60–64 54 46 50 46 59 65 66 77 81 77 84
65–69 32 30 41 48 48 59 60 69 68 76 71
70–74 39 27 26 22 32 37 44 52 62 62 72
75–79 3 8 6 17 22 24 38 20 40 41 46
80–85 4 4 4 14 18 8 19 14 12 23 33
Online banking 60–64 31 17 20 26 31 35 21 46 39 46 34
65–69 12 10 31 46 30 32 23 40 37 43 37
70–74 14 18 24 10 12 23 28 27 40 36 40
75–79 5 6 11 11 0 18 22 7 27 20 25
80–85 0 9 8 0 7 4 14 10 0 6 15
Social network sites 60–64 - - - - 14 21 20 33 40 46 43
65–69 - - - - 9 18 18 21 30 30 39
70–74 - - - - 3 3 15 10 24 32 39
75–79 - - - - 0 8 11 2 16 19 29
80–85 - - - - 3 0 6 4 5 11 10
N 60–85= 213 228 242 243 368 379 374 520 532 597 686
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