At what age do children let their parents say the dreaded phrase 'I want a cell phone'? When do they start surfing the internet? New technologies are not toys, but they can become in wonderful tools for the development and communication of adolescents, provided that parents educate them to use them from an appropriate age and in a responsible manner.According to the Survey on Equipment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Homes that has just publish the National Statistics Institute (INE), the proportion of the use of information and communication technologies by children aged 10 to 15 years is, in general, very high. The computer uses it 92.4% , Internet 95.1% and mobile phone 69.1%.As in 2016, the number of lower Internet users exceeds that of computer.
By sex, the differences are not significant.By ages, the results suggest that the use of the computer and the Internet is a majority practice in ages before 10 years. As for the mobile phone, a at 10 years only 25% of children use it, although at 11 years they have 45.2%, at 12, 75%, at 13, 83.2%, at 14, a 92.8%, and at 15, 94%, so that since the age of 14, nine out of ten children have a cell phone.
This report also reveals that 78.4% of households with at least one member aged 16 to 74 have a computer in 2017. This percentage is slightly higher (1.3 points) than last year.The survey investigates this year for the first time the provision Tablet that, today, is found in 52.4% of households.
The other ICT products remain at the 2016 levels or continue to experience a decline, such as mp3 or mp4 players, video and DVD.99.5% of households It has a telephone (landline or mobile).75.5% have both types of terminals.2.1% of households have only a landline, while 21.9% have only a mobile phone to communicate from home. The implementation of the mobile phone rises compared to 2016-unlike the landline-, and is already present in 97.4% of households.
Households with Internet access
83.4% of Spanish households have access to the Internet, compared to 81.9% the previous year. As for the type of connection, there are already in Spain more of 13.5 million family homes with broadband Internet access (ADSL, cable network,..), which is 99.8% of homes that have declared the type of Internet connection.
The main type of broadband Internet connection is the one established through a handheld device (mobile phone of last generations-at least 3G-, etc.) with 76.1% of the homes with access.Next, the cable or fiber optic network (49.3% of the houses), the ADSL line (41.7%), mobile broadband connections via USB modem or card-(7.6%) and others are located fixed broadband connections-via satellite, public WiFi or WiMax-(7.4%).As in 2016, the increases in cable or fiber optic network (11.8 points more than the previous year), and the decrease in more than six points in the ADSL connection, so that the ADSL line has lost the primacy in fixed broadband connections.
Homes that do not have access point out as the main reasons for such a situation because they do not need internet (reason indicated by 67.7% of homes that do not have a network connection), because they have little knowledge to use it (43.7%) and economic reasons: because the equipment costs are too high (30.5%) or because the connection costs are too high (29.9%).
we all connect with the mobile
In general, the last INE survey also reflects that there are 29 million people who have used the Internet in the last three months. This represents 84.6% of the population aged 16 to 74 years, four points more than in 2016.Practically all these Internet users are frequent Internet users, since 94.5% of them have connected to the Network at least once a week in the last three months.
These users are approximately 27.5 million people (80.0% of the population).In addition, about 24 million people (almost 69% of the population aged 16 to 74) are intensive Internet users, since they use it daily. 91.7% of Internet users declare to have used some type of mobile device to access the Internet outside the usual home or workplace.90.4% have accessed via mobile phone (81.9% via mobile phone network and 69.5% via WiFi).A 39.3% declare to have accessed by laptop.
the use of new technologies by age
By age groups, Internet use between the ages of 16 and 24 is practically universal (98.0%) and is gradually decreasing as age increases.At 55 years the indicator drops significantly and reaches a minimum in the age group of 65 to 74 years (43.7%).The same situation occurs in the frequent use of the Internet.In terms of Internet purchases, participation more discharge is in the age group of 25 to 34 years (57.2%) followed by 35 to 44 years (52.2%) and 16 to 24 years (49.2%).45 years the indicator gradually decreases as age increases, reaching 10.1% in older people, those aged 65 to 74 years.
Source: INE
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