* Original survey question: "Did you use internet in the past three months for one of the following activities: To send or receive e-mails; To make phone calls via the internet; To chat; To read or keep up with blogs; To Exchange text messages; To participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; To participate in a professional network like LinkedIn."
** The latter three survey answers are grouped together as 'social network activities': exchange text messages; participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; participate in a professional network like LinkedIn.
The source defines the education levels as follows:
Low education level: "Primary education, VMBO (preparatory middle-level vocational education), first three years of Havo/VWO (higher general and pre-university secondary education), or assistant education (MBO-1)"
Mid education level: "Last years of Havo/VWO, MBO2, 3 and 4 (middle applied education)"
High education level: "HBO (higher applied education) and WO (university studies) and older educational programs which are comparable."
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Participation in online communication activities the Netherlands 2019, by education
This statistic shows the responses to the survey question: "Which online communication activities have you engaged in over the past three months?" The figure illustrates the share of individuals who used the internet for online communication activities in the Netherlands in 2019, by education. In 2019, **** percent of highly educated individuals in the Netherlands said they used the internet to read or keep a blog.
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