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Innovation Panel Variable

deviceused

device used

Datafiles

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	479	16.34%
Desktop	1	1868	63.73%
Mobile	5	584	19.92%
	Total	2931	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	533	17.85%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1806	60.48%
Large tablet	2	51	1.71%
Medium tablet	3	6	0.2%
Small tablet	4	110	3.68%
Smart phone with touch	5	480	16.08%
	Total	2986	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	454	15.0%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1889	62.41%
Large tablet	2	79	2.61%
Medium tablet	3	7	0.23%
Small tablet	4	268	8.85%
Smart phone with touch	5	330	10.9%
	Total	3027	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5479	66.32%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1805	21.85%
Large tablet	2	123	1.49%
Medium tablet	3	15	0.18%
Small tablet	4	413	5.0%
Smart phone with touch	5	427	5.17%
	Total	8262	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	302	13.11%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1448	62.87%
Large tablet	2	112	4.86%
Medium tablet	3	18	0.78%
Small tablet	4	199	8.64%
Smart phone with touch	5	224	9.73%
	Total	2303	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	233	9.7%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1979	82.42%
Large tablet	2	60	2.5%
Medium tablet	3	6	0.25%
Small tablet	4	57	2.37%
Smart phone with touch	5	66	2.75%
	Total	2401	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	177	4.03%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	3833	87.37%
Large tablet	2	152	3.46%
Medium tablet	3	13	0.3%
Small tablet	4	92	2.1%
Smart phone with touch	5	120	2.74%
	Total	4387	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	123	4.13%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	2596	87.26%
Large tablet	2	95	3.19%
Medium tablet	3	15	0.5%
Small tablet	4	58	1.95%
Smart phone with touch	5	88	2.96%
	Total	2975	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	59	3.8%
pc/laptop/netbook	1	1252	80.72%
large tablet	2	141	9.09%
medium tablet	3	23	1.48%
small tablet	4	20	1.29%
smart phone with touch	5	55	3.55%
other	8	1	0.06%
	Total	1551	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	74	4.26%
pc/laptop/netbook	1	1512	87.0%
large tablet	2	98	5.64%
medium tablet	3	12	0.69%
small tablet	4	5	0.29%
smart phone with touch	5	22	1.27%
other	8	14	0.81%
	Total	1738	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2607	86.84%
pc / laptop	1	310	10.33%
tablet	2	76	2.53%
small tablet / large phone	3	9	0.3%
	Total	3002	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	235	6.52%
inapplicable	-8	1100	30.51%
Desktop	1	1485	41.19%
Mobile	5	785	21.78%
	Total	3605	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1340	31.8%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1888	44.8%
Large tablet	2	86	2.04%
Medium tablet	3	12	0.28%
Small tablet	4	152	3.61%
Smart phone with touch	5	736	17.47%
	Total	4214	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1436	34.21%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1787	42.58%
Large tablet	2	118	2.81%
Medium tablet	3	13	0.31%
Small tablet	4	366	8.72%
Smart phone with touch	5	477	11.37%
	Total	4197	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1813	36.53%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1780	35.87%
Large tablet	2	166	3.34%
Medium tablet	3	24	0.48%
Small tablet	4	562	11.32%
Smart phone with touch	5	617	12.43%
Other	8	1	0.02%
	Total	4963	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1183	34.12%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1465	42.26%
Large tablet	2	168	4.85%
Medium tablet	3	26	0.75%
Small tablet	4	284	8.19%
Smart phone with touch	5	341	9.84%
	Total	3467	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1121	33.91%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1887	57.08%
Large tablet	2	113	3.42%
Medium tablet	3	9	0.27%
Small tablet	4	75	2.27%
Smart phone with touch	5	101	3.06%
	Total	3306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1481	32.93%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	2440	54.26%
Large tablet	2	234	5.2%
Medium tablet	3	24	0.53%
Small tablet	4	131	2.91%
Smart phone with touch	5	187	4.16%
	Total	4497	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1046	28.73%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	2175	59.74%
Large tablet	2	184	5.05%
Medium tablet	3	31	0.85%
Small tablet	4	80	2.2%
Smart phone with touch	5	125	3.43%
	Total	3641	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	854	27.41%
pc/laptop/netbook	1	1866	59.88%
large tablet	2	237	7.61%
medium tablet	3	44	1.41%
small tablet	4	24	0.77%
smart phone with touch	5	88	2.82%
other	8	3	0.1%
	Total	3116	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1022	31.07%
pc/laptop/netbook	1	2030	61.72%
large tablet	2	156	4.74%
medium tablet	3	21	0.64%
small tablet	4	7	0.21%
smart phone with touch	5	33	1.0%
other	8	20	0.61%
	Total	3289	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2860	78.98%
pc / laptop	1	621	17.15%
tablet	2	130	3.59%
small tablet / large phone	3	10	0.28%
	Total	3621	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	30	1.2%
Desktop	1	1601	64.19%
Mobile	5	863	34.6%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	22	0.77%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1866	65.54%
Large tablet	2	85	2.99%
Medium tablet	3	12	0.42%
Small tablet	4	148	5.2%
Smart phone with touch	5	714	25.08%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	34	1.25%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1764	64.85%
Large tablet	2	113	4.15%
Medium tablet	3	12	0.44%
Small tablet	4	346	12.72%
Smart phone with touch	5	451	16.58%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3	0.1%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1753	57.27%
Large tablet	2	161	5.26%
Medium tablet	3	24	0.78%
Small tablet	4	537	17.54%
Smart phone with touch	5	582	19.01%
Other	8	1	0.03%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	15	0.66%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1456	64.23%
Large tablet	2	164	7.23%
Medium tablet	3	26	1.15%
Small tablet	4	276	12.17%
Smart phone with touch	5	330	14.56%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	51	2.3%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	1871	84.55%
Large tablet	2	113	5.11%
Medium tablet	3	9	0.41%
Small tablet	4	72	3.25%
Smart phone with touch	5	97	4.38%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	94	3.14%
PC/laptop/netbook	1	2333	78.03%
Large tablet	2	233	7.79%
Medium tablet	3	23	0.77%
Small tablet	4	129	4.31%
Smart phone with touch	5	178	5.95%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
PC/laptop/netbook	1	2156	83.89%
Large tablet	2	182	7.08%
Medium tablet	3	31	1.21%
Small tablet	4	78	3.04%
Smart phone with touch	5	123	4.79%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
pc/laptop/netbook	1	1846	81.57%
large tablet	2	235	10.38%
medium tablet	3	44	1.94%
small tablet	4	23	1.02%
smart phone with touch	5	86	3.8%
other	8	3	0.13%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	111	4.67%
pc/laptop/netbook	1	2030	85.37%
large tablet	2	156	6.56%
medium tablet	3	21	0.88%
small tablet	4	7	0.29%
smart phone with touch	5	33	1.39%
other	8	20	0.84%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1666	69.04%
pc / laptop	1	610	25.28%
tablet	2	128	5.3%
small tablet / large phone	3	9	0.37%
	Total	2413	100.0%

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