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ICT usage in households and by individuals (isoc_i)

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Compiling agency: [HU1] Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)

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The EU survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals is an annual survey conducted since 2002. In Hungary, it has been conducted since 2005.

In 2025, the survey collects data on the access to information and communication technologies (ICT), on the use of the internet, e-government use of electronic (eID) and e-commerce as well as e-skills and privacy and protection of personal data.

18 December 2025

The survey is collecting data of internet users, individuals who have used the internet in the three months prior to the survey. 

This annual survey is used to benchmark ICT-driven developments, both by following developments for core variables over time and by looking in greater depth at other aspects at a specific point in time. While the survey initially concentrated on access and connectivity issues, its scope has subsequently been extended to cover a variety of subjects (for example, the use of internet, e-government, use of eID, e-commerce, e-skills and privacy and protection of personal data) and socio-economic analysis (such as regional diversity, gender specificity, differences in age, education and the employment situation). The scope of the survey with respect to different technologies is also adapted to cover new product groups and means of delivering communication technologies to end-users.

For more details on the methodology applicable in each survey year, please consult the Compiler's Manual for the respective year.

Deviations from standard ICT concepts:  There are no deviations from the ICT concepts and definitions.

Households and Individuals

In the ICT usage survey, the target population for the different statistical units is:

  • individuals: all individuals aged 16 to 74; optionally 75-to 89.
  • households: all (private) households with at least one member aged 16 to 74; optionally with at least one member aged 75 to 89, but no member aged 16 to 74. 

Target population composed of households and/or individuals:

  • Number of households with at least one member aged 16-74:    3,598,764
  • Number of individuals aged 16-74:    7,078,181
  • Number of households with at least one member aged 75 to 89, but no member aged 16 to 74:     646,936
  • Number of individuals aged 75-89:    756,948

The whole territory of Hungary is covered.

For most questions the reference period is the last three months before the interview. Questions in the modules on e-government and eID refer to the 'last year' before the interview.

Deviation from this statement: There is no deviation from the above statement.

The sample design and weighting scheme perform well in general, the net effective sample size is larger by far than required. Non-response rate may indicate some risk of bias which was intended to get reduced by weigh adjustment.

Percentages of ‘Households’ and Percentages of ‘Individuals’

Unit non-response is handled with weighting and calibration. For the treatment of unit non-response we had broader possibilities with new frame with gender, age and household composition being available for weight adjustment. Besides, other area level auxiliary variables were used just as before. Calibration was made with iterative raking.

Missing data of household's net monthly income is imputed.

The source of the raw data is described with more details in the paragraphs below.

Annual

Date of data dissemination at national level: The first data transmission was in time, 11 days before the target date. The data of the 2025 survey is scheduled to be published by HCSO on 19 December 2025. (Within 26 weeks of the end of the survey).

There is no problem of comparability across the country’s regions.

Possible limitations in the use of data for comparisons over time:

Data collection started in 2005. It has a regulatory background since the data collection year 2006, thus the survey is collected based on a unified methodology. Main indicators have time series from 2005 (indicators coming from the permanent modules). There are permanent modules (internet use, use of e-government, use of e-commerce) and there are ad hoc modules (eg. digital skills) that are not included in the questionnaire every year. The data collected and processed according to the unified methodology can be compared to the results of the previous years until the survey completed in 2019. Due to methodological changes, data of the 2020 survey have a limited comparability with the previous years' data.

In 2025, there have been some changes but not enough to warrant the designation of a break in series: the national ICT questionnaire was optimised to support modernised data collection practices and protocols such as the introduction of an improved telephone interviewing infrastructure. While maintaining comparability, the underlying module and variable structure of the indicators changed in 2025.

As compared to previous years, in 2025 weighting was changed in the sense that calibration population control totals came from the census 2022 population projection.