Internet Use
Description
Image of Question
Classification
Quality Statement
Description
This variable provides information relating to people's use of the Internet in the week prior to Census Night. The question on Internet use allows for multiple responses. For example, a person who had used the Internet at home, at work and elsewhere, would be recorded as such for each category.
This information will help identify the level and location of Internet use. This is useful to both the government and private sectors for planning purposes.
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Classification
Applicable to: The categories which refer to ‘at work’ (3, 5, 7 and 8) are applicable to persons aged 15 years and over only. The other categories are applicable to all persons.
1 No
2 Yes, at home
3 Yes, at work
4 Yes, elsewhere
5 Yes, at home and at work
6 Yes, at home and elsewhere
7 Yes, at work and elsewhere
8 Yes, at home, at work, and elsewhere
& Not stated
V Overseas visitor
Total number of categories: 10 |
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Quality Statement
Each stage of the Census is subject to stringent quality assurance measures. However, in a Census there are recognised sources of error which may survive in the data produced. Some of these are overcome or 'repaired' by careful processing procedures and quality management of the processing itself. The effect of those that remain is generally slight, although it may be more important for small groups in the population. The main kinds of error to keep in mind are:
Partial non-response - in some cases where an answer was not provided to a question an answer was imputed or derived (often from other information on the form). In other cases a 'not stated' code was allocated.
Processing error - while such errors can occur in any processing system, quality management is used to continuously improve the quality of processed data, and to identify and correct data of unacceptable quality.
Random adjustment - cells containing small values are randomly adjusted to avoid releasing information about particular individuals, families or households. The effect of random adjustment is statistically insignificant.
Respondent error - processing procedures cannot detect or repair all errors made by persons in completing the form, therefore some may remain in final data.
Undercount - although the Census aims to count each person once, there are some people who are missed and others who are counted more than once. A post enumeration survey is conducted soon after the Census to measure the undercount.
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A series of Census Working Papers have been produced to assess and report on various aspects of 2001 Census data quality. More Information |
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