Economic indicators

Growing number of households with computers with Internet access, IBGE reports

09/24/2012

 


The radio was the only durable to present fall, while computers were up 29.7%
 
SAO PAULO - The personal computer with Internet access was the most durable that grew between the years 2009 and 2011, an increase of 39.8%. The data are part of PNAD 2011 (National Survey of Household Sample Survey), IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).

Other durable goods showed that households were high in the microcomputer, with 29.7%, and the phone for personal use, with 26.6%. Since the radio fell, as the table below:

Durables Goods in households

Goods                         variation between 2009 and 2011
Source: IBGE
Computer with Internet access     39.8%
Microcomputer                            29.7%
Cellphone                                  26.6%
Motorcycle                                 23.01%
Washer                                     20.35%
Car                                           14.54%
Freezer                                     12.58%
Phone                                       11.81%
DVD                                         10.01%
Water Filter                                8.47%
Refrigerator                                7.40%
Television                                  6.06%
Stove                                        4.92%
Radio                                        -0.6%


Age
The survey revealed that 69.1% of the population 10 years or older had phone for personal use, while this percentage reached 78.7% in the Midwest. Already the age group with the highest percentage of people with cell was 25-29 years, with 83.1%, and the lowest, with 41.9%, was the 10 to 14 years.

Regarding the use of the internet in 2011, 77.7 million people aged 10 or older reported having accessed a period of three months before the survey, an increase of 14.7% over 2009. In comparison period, all regions grew this regard, the largest in the Midwest, with 17.2%.

All groups had percentages above 50% in the use of internet, except for over 40 years. The range of 15 to 17 years and that of 18 to 19 years reached, respectively, 74.1% and 71.8%, and only 18.4% of people aged 50 or older used the internet in the period surveyed.



Source: News Agency

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