INSEE has just published the results of the annual ICT household survey. Carried out among tens of thousands of households, this survey sheds light on household equipment, their uses and digital skills.
12% of the population does not have Internet access at home
In 2019, 12% of individuals aged 15 or more residing in France excluding Mayotte have no Internet access from home, regardless of the type of device (computer, tablet, cell phone) and connection.This rate has dropped by 21 points since 2009, and this in all segments of society (see Insee Results, 2019), but inequalities persist: older people, those with few diplomas, or those with a modest standard of living are less likely to have personal access to the Internet.
53% of people aged 75 or more do not have access to the Internet, as do 34% of people with no diploma or a primary school certificate (CEP) and 16% of the poorest people (living in a household in the first quintile of the standard of living).
On the other hand, only 2% of 15-29 year olds are not equipped, as are 3% of university graduates and 4% of people living in households in the bottom quintile of living standards. The type of household is also divisive, with single people and couples without children being much less equipped.
Employment status also plays a role: among 18-64 year olds (excluding students and retirees), i.e. people of working age, the unemployed and the inactive are less often equipped than those in employment.
Not being equipped may be a choice justified by lack of interest (cited by 19% of non-equipped), the desire to protect one's privacy (15%) or the fact of having access outside the home (6%).
These last two reasons are socially divided: the existence of access outside the home is cited four times more often by university graduates than by non-graduates (21% versus 5%), and the protection of privacy three times more (34% versus 12%).
15% of the population did not use the Internet during the year, including 64% of those aged 75 or older
In 2019, 15% of the population did not use the Internet in the past year. In practice, non-equipment and non-use go hand in hand: only 6% of people equipped at home do not use the Internet, and conversely, only 2% of users are not equipped. On the other hand, 71% of the population is a daily or almost daily user, 24 points more than in 2009. This quasi-daily use is becoming more widespread, even among those aged 75 or more, among whom it has increased from 5% to 19% between 2009 and 2019.Between 2009 and 2019, social disparities have narrowed for daily use: the gap between those aged 75 or over and those under 30 has fallen from 66 to 41 points, that between university graduates and non-graduates from 63 to 24 points, and that between managers and workers from 49 to 14 points. However, the non-use of the Internet remains socially very divided in 2019: for example, 64% of people aged 75 or more and 41% of people without a diploma did not go online during the year.
"The analysis, all other things being equal, shows that the determinants of non-use during the year are identical to those of non-equipment. Diploma is slightly more discriminating, but the standard of living is less important and the disparities between types of household are reduced. Moreover, among the 18-64 year olds (excluding students and retired people), the economically inactive are half as often Internet users as those in employment, whereas there is no difference between the latter and the unemployed.Référence :
