Household and Small Business ICT Access and Usage Survey 2011-2012
Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, 2011 - 2012
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AFR_2011_RIAS_v01_M
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What made you use the Internet in the first place? (B_2)
Data file: rias-2011-2012-household-v1
Overview
Valid:
286
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
3028
End:
3121
Width:
94
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51 |
17.8%
|
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| 2 |
0.7%
|
||
| Friends | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| Friends and school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| I wanted to down load information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| My work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| School and friends | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Searching for information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Work | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| because every 1 was talking about it. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| because everyone use it without knowledge ,you are nothing | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| brows for information | 7 |
2.4%
|
|
| brows for school information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browse and do research | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browsing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browsing and downloading | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browsing and downloading musi and movies | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browsing for information | 5 |
1.7%
|
|
| browsing for information and denting email downloads etc | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browsing socialisinh | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| browsing the net | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| business purposes. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| cause it's very useful | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| communicate with my friends and family | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| compulsory at work for communicating with colleagues for work related issues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| compulsory at work for emails among colleagues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| compulsory at work for work related issues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| creating a Facebook account. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| creating an email account. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| creating my Facebook account. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| curiosity | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| curiosity. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| did a research for school. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| do research | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| do research for work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| download notes for school from their website allocated to their modules. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| downloaded a song | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| easier way to finding information and connected people around | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| exploring the world | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| face book | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| facebook acces. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| find information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| finding a definition of word | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| first used out out of curiosity | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for Facebook | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for Reseach at school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for Tips on how to run a business & for chatting with Family member's who are abroad | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for broader information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for business related information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for catching up with news, and in social networks. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for chatting and to check through my emails | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for emails to keep in contact with family members abroad | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for emails wanted to keep in contact with friends and family members | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for information | 9 |
3.1%
|
|
| for loading music and clips | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for mails | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for more information | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| for studies & Reseach | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for study perposes and networking | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for study purposes | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| for work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| for work because it is compulsory to use a computer at work for work related issues | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| friends and school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| googgled a word up a word, looking for it's definition. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing for information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing the internet | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| had to apply for a scholarship online. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| had to be connected with a friend that went to study abroad. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| had to create an email account. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| had to create an email address. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| had to create my own email account. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| had to download documents related to my work. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| help me find my lost friend and give more information about lots of things which I didn't know | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| information | 3 |
1%
|
|
| international news | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| it's cheaper and allow me to communicate with my friends at the same time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| just out of curiosity | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| just out of curiosity also just to keep myself up to date with the new technology | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| listen to music | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| looking up a definition of a word. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| looking up a meaning of aword. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| looking up on pregnant topics | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| more easy to use it | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| my cousin from UK send me photos through my friends email so I decided to learn how to do it | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| my friends | 5 |
1.7%
|
|
| my friends and school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| my friends and work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| my work | 6 |
2.1%
|
|
| my work and friends | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| need for information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| needed an email account. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| no particular reason. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| out f curiosity, | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| out of curiosity | 5 |
1.7%
|
|
| out of curiosity . | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| out of curiosity. | 3 |
1%
|
|
| part of my job description | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| registered for face book. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| research | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| research , to stay in contact with friends and family | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| researching a topic given at school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| researching an assignment given at school | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| researching for my school assignment. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| school | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| school and my friend | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| school assignment research online. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| school research. | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| school work | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| school work . | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| school work. | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| search for information. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| social network | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the browsing for information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| the work I do entail to use Internet | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to be connected to every where I want to find information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to be in contact with my family abroad. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to brows and send emails | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to brows for information | 3 |
1%
|
|
| to brows the internet | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to chat with friends | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| to communicate with my family abroad | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to connect my self with the rest of the world | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| to create an account for skype | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to do research | 5 |
1.7%
|
|
| to down load music | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| to download information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to download movies | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to find information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to find more about my work related issue | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to find more information I need | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to get all the information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to get information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to get my information I want | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to increase my skills in ict | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to keep in contact with friends , family and colleagues | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to learn | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to look for infomation | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to look for information | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| to look for the information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to look for the information relate to my carrier | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to look for the informations | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to make my communication easier | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to read information | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to read news | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to research for my businees | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to send mail. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to share ideas with my friends | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to signed up for an email account | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| to socialize | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| u tube vedios | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wanted to fiddle | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wanted information | 2 |
0.7%
|
|
| wanted to buy a car, so I searched for it on the net. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wanted to fiddie | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wanted to fiddl | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wanted to fiddle | 10 |
3.5%
|
|
| wanted to play around | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wanted to read news | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| was registering for the social network am in. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| watch u tube vedeos | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| work | 3 |
1%
|
|
| work necessaty | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| work related. | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| work requirements | 1 |
0.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.