The Network Society - University of Massachusetts Amherst

Table 2.3 Use of the Internet per country according to user’s highest education level (%)
Societies in Transition to the Network Society 35
Not completed Primary or Lower secondary Post Second
primary first stage or second stage Upper secondary, First stage stage of
Country education* of basic* of basic* secondary* non-tertiary* of tertiary* tertiary*
Portugal 21.10 18.86 37.24 48.87 – 48.61 50.00
Austria 16.66 – 33.88 51.45 77.09 – 76.62
Belgium 7.69 10.61 29.94 45.22 61.53 – 77.39
Switzerland 35.29 – 39.78 52.88 73.91 82.89 90.47
Czech Rep. 30.00 – 14.28 23.74 47.61 62.50 60.00
Germany – – – – – – –
Denmark – 20 46.07 61.08 73.46 84.50 100
Spain 0.91 1.69 16.63 31.68 44.64 61.79 68.42
Finland 25 15.18 55.55 63.94 – 79.20 100
France 6.08 8.93 25.10 24.16 49.57 67.06 77.04
U.K. – – 26.34 66.60 57.21 74.71 91.83
Greece 0.90 0.431 6.04 14.12 31.81 47.00 60
Hungary 1.51 16.58 6.63 23.49 – 40 58.69
Ireland – 9.09 28.94 46.47 65.38 77.77 75.00
Israel – 5.40 24.59 30.61 37.25 64.07 67.44
Italy – 0.88 21.83 50.35 55.40 59.27 85.96
Luxembourg – 20.00 50.00 61.53 – 100 100.00
Netherlands – 21.875 38.57 66.02 71.79 79.40 80.00
Norway – – 25.49 60.75 77.77 80.51 90.00
Poland – 3.70 5.63 12.40 18.79 42.95 43.64
Sweden 88.88 37.43 57.44 83.33 – 83.01 89.74
Slovenia – – 19.51 15 53.84 55.55 85.71
Source: European Social Survey 2002/2003. *Note: given the different names for education levels in the European context we opted to use the
original ESS terms.