Internet Access in Households and Modernising Consumption in Poland and in the EU Cover Image

Dostęp do internetu w gospodarstwach domowych a unowocześnianie konsumpcji w Polsce i UE
Internet Access in Households and Modernising Consumption in Poland and in the EU

Author(s): Urszula Grzega
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: consumption; household; Internet access

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at presenting changes in Internet access of households in Polandand the European Union in the context of modernising consumption. In the period of2008–2014 a progress of access Internet in household was observed. The percentage ofhouseholds in the EU who used the internet was 81% in 2014 (75% in Poland), an increaseof 21 percentage points compared with 2008 (27 percentage points in Poland).The share of internet access varied among Member States, ranging from 96% of householdsin the Netherlands and Luxembourg to 57% in Bulgaria. The growing access tothe Internet supports modernising consumption among households.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 117
  • Page Range: 359-368
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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