Press release by Natalia Kharchenko

As of the beginning of the year, 62% of adult population of Ukraine use the Internet. The partition of the Internet users amongst the population of Ukraine aged 18-39 is 91%. Senior age and living in rural areas significantly reduces the likelihood of using the Internet.

In February, 2016 Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted all-Ukrainian survey on the Internet usage by the adult population in Ukraine. People were surveyed using the method of personal interviewing in the place of living, 2020 respondents living in all regions of Ukraine (except of Crimea and territories that are not controlled by Ukraine at the moment) were polled. Sample is stochastic and representative for the population of Ukraine aged 18 and above. Statistical sample error (with probability 0.95 and design effect of 1.5) does not exceed: 3.3% - for indicators close to 50%, 2.8% - for indicators close to 25%, 2.0% - for indicators close to 10%, 1.4% - for indicators close to 5%.

Regional indicators are presented according to the data of large-scale all-Ukrainian public opinion poll about the corruption in Ukraine that was conducted in September – October of 2015. Sample size is 10 170. Sample is representative for the population of Ukraine aged 18 and above as well as for the population of each region of Ukraine. Sample was stochastic and multi-staged with quota selection on the last stage.

In February, 2016 61.6% of the adult population of Ukraine used the Internet (graph 1). The amount of the Internet users keeps on growing faster than it was expected. The growth rate during February 2015-February 2016 amounted to 8%. It is more correct to make prolonged comparison staring with the data of 2014 since the contours of the country has changed. Despite all the turmoils in the country, the Internet usage grows steadily: only in the period of February, 2014 – February, 2016 the amount of the Internet users has grown by 7 percentage points, while the growth rate was 13%.