Eugenia OANA (oanaeugenia19@stud.ase.ro)
Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Monica ROMAN (monica.roman@csie.ase.ro)
Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Emanuelle PERTA (munteanemanuelle23@stud.ase.ro)
Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to analyze the association of internet adoption, represented by having fixed internet services, to relevant sociodemographic variables among Romanian population. The data source is a representative survey with a sample of 1437 respondents undertaken in 2022. Using several specific statistical tests and regression models, the paper has determined the relevant factors affecting the internet adoption in Romania. Our results indicate a positive association between the education level, the income level, the employment and the number of persons in the household and having fixed internet services. In elderly population instead the probability to adopt fixed internet services decreases. Our findings are relevant in identifying the gaps in fixed internet services adoption between several categories of population and designing the configuration of appropriate public policies and commercial strategies for setting incentives to adopt the services.
Keywords: Fixed Internet, Survey, Romania, Logistic regression
JEL Classification: O20, O31, C10
