9 out of 10 capable of communicating via the Internet

However, only six out of ten persons aged 65-74 think that they are capable of this. A higher share of men in this age group consider themselves to have sufficient skills, but in total there is an equal share of women and men.

Concerning the ability to protect one's private information or one's computer from viruses or other attacks, a significantly higher share of men think that they have sufficient skills to do so. In total, six in ten persons consider themselves to have enough knowledge to protect private information and seven in ten think that they have enough knowledge to protect their computers from viruses or the like.

More common to connect via mobile phone

More and more people connect to the Internet outside the home via mobile connections. One third of the Swedish people connect to the Internet via their mobile phone. This is an increase of six percentage points since 2010. The increase has mainly occurred for the younger age groups. Men connect via a mobile phone to a greater extent than women.

An equally high share - one in three - connect to the Internet via a laptop. Even here an increase has occurred since 2010, but only among the women.

The most common choice when using mobile connections outside of the home is connection via 3G/4G network.