GHS Series Volume VI Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) In-depth analysis of the General Household Survey data 2002–2013 The South Africa I know, the home I understand GHS Series Volume VI Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) In-depth analysis of the General Household Survey data 2002-2013 Statistics South Africa Pali Lehohla Report No. 03-18-05 (2002–2013) Statistician-General Statistics South Africa i GHS Series, Volume VI, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), 2002–2013/ Statistics South Africa Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2015 Users may apply or process this data, provided Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is acknowledged as the original source of the data; that it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the user's independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without prior permission from Stats SA. 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Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2015 Report 03-18-05 130 pp ISBN 978-0-621-43440-8 A complete set of Stats SA publications is available at Stats SA Library and the following libraries: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Division Library of Parliament, Cape Town Bloemfontein Public Library Natal Society Library, Pietermaritzburg Johannesburg Public Library Eastern Cape Library Services, King William’s Town Central Regional Library, Polokwane Central Reference Library, Nelspruit Central Reference Collection, Kimberley Central Reference Library, Mmabatho This report is available on the Stats SA website: www.statssa.gov.za Copies are obtainable from: Printing and Distribution, Statistics South Africa Tel: (012) 310 8093 (012) 310 8251 (012) 310 8358 (012) 310 8161 Fax: (012) 321 7381 Email: [email protected] [email protected] GHS series VI: Information and communication technologies, Report 03-18-05(2002-2013) Statistics South Africa ii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................................................ iv LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................................................................. vi LIST OF MAPS ............................................................................................................................................................................... vii ANNEXURE .................................................................................................................................................................................... vii Glossary of abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................................. vii Glossary of concepts ..................................................................................................................................................................... ix Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Overview of the legal and policy environment .......................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Legislative framework ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 National Development Plan ................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.3 Universal access and service (UAS) ..................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Objectives of this report........................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Data sources ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 4.1 Data sources ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 4.2 Limitations of the data ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 5. Access to telephonic communication ....................................................................................................................... 7 5.1 Fixed telephones ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 5.2 Mobile telephones ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 5.3 Households with access to fixed-line and mobile telephones .......................................................................................... 21 5.4 Households without access to neither fixed-line or mobile telephones .......................................................................... 22 5.4.1 Predictors of households without access to landlines or mobile telephones using logistics regression ............... 26 5.5 Individual ownership of mobile phones for individuals aged 15 years and older ............................................................. 28 6. Access to the Internet .............................................................................................................................................30 6.1 Household access to the Internet using multiple services ................................................................................................ 30 6.2 Fixed and mobile access to Internet ................................................................................................................................. 37 6.2.1 Predictors of households that access internet anywhere, at home or using mobile devices using logistics regression .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 6.3 Public access to internet ................................................................................................................................................... 41 6.4 No internet connection ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 6.4.1 Predictors of lacking household access to the internet using logistics regression, 2013 ....................................... 47 6.4.2 Reasons for not having access to the internet at home or by using a mobile device ............................................ 48 7. Household access to computers ..............................................................................................................................50 8. Access to postal services .........................................................................................................................................54 8.1.1 Predictors of households who did not receive any mail and those who received mail through home delivery or through post boxes using logistics regression ..................................................................................... 59 8.1.2 District level households access to postal services ................................................................................................ 61 9. Household access to televisions and radios .............................................................................................................64 10. Composite indicators of ICT access in South Africa ...................................................................................................68 10.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................................................... 68 10.2 Constructing the provincial index ..................................................................................................................................... 69 10.3 Dimensions and indicators ................................................................................................................................................ 70 10.4 Constructing the index ...................................................................................................................................................... 70 10.5 Composite index of provincial access to ICT ....................................................................................................................