#118th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS-23), Geneva, Switzerland Country Presentation - Bangladesh 3-4 July 2023 Syeda Marufa Shaki Deputy Director Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 1#2Agenda Sources of ICT Statistics in Bangladesh • Objectives of the ICT survey • Sampling Methodology Allocation of Sample Households • Data Quality Monitoring Mechanism • Survey Results: Key Indicators of the ICT Survey ― Household-based ICT Indicators - - Individual-based ICT Indicators 2#3Sources of ICT Statistics in Bangladesh Modality Sample size SI Sources Year 2013 ICT Modular 1284 PSUs Survey with LFS 30816 Households Interview methods Paper and Pencil Interviewing (PAPI) method Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method Comments Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals, 2009 Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals, 2020 1 ICT Surveys 2022 Standalone ICT Survey 1284 PSUs 30816 Households 2023 Standalone ICT Survey 1284 PSUs 30816 Households 2 Census 2022 Population and Housing All households Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method 3 Other Surveys years Various Census SVRS, MICS Sample households Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method Only Internet and Mobile use Only Internet and Mobile use 3#4ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals Survey 2023 Objectives: The objectives of the survey is provided below: a) To obtain socio-economic information with a view of understanding usage patterns of ICT services; • b) To collect latest and specific information on ICT use and access by individuals and households; c) To Generate ICT related data for SDG Tracker, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and ICT Development Index (IDI) for reflecting ICT situation of the country. 4#5Sampling Design Two-Stage Stratified Cluster sampling design; At first stage: 1284 PSUs is drawn using Probability Proportional to Size (PPS); At second stage: 24 households is selected from each of the selected 1284 PSU using Systematic Random Sampling (SyRS); A total of 30,816 households is interviewed; Survey domain was 16. UT 5#6Allocation of Sample Households by Division and Locality Division Locality Rural Urban Total Barishal 1272 1320 2592 Chattogram 2448 2736 5184 Dhaka 3192 3720 6912 Khulna 2160 1872 4032 Mymensingh 840 888 1728 Rajshahi 2232 1800 4032 Rangpur 2064 1680 3744 Sylhet 1320 1272 2592 Total 15,528 15,288 30,816#7Data Quality Monitoring CAPI Application is developed using CSPro Android software; Necessary logics, checks and validation rule is incorporated during Application development; Questionnaire and manual is developed following ITU Manual 2020; The Questionnaire and CAPI Application is pre-tested and piloted; Used 8.5" Tablets for questionnaire administration; NOC(Network Operation Center) is developed to monitor data quality; 7#8Data Quality Monitoring Recruit and train 107 Enumerators and 85 Supervising officers; Data collection Feb-Apr 2023; Centralize monitoring mechanism by Enumerator using NOC(Network Operation Center); Data Quality monitoring using Batch mode of Stata programming; Almost 70% direct interview and the rest 30% proxy interview. 8#9ICT Household Indicators 1. HH1. Proportion of households with a radio 2. HH2. Proportion of households with a television 3. HH3. Proportion of households with telephone 4. HH4. Proportion of households with a computer 5. HH6. Proportion of households with internet 6. HH11. Proportion of households with internet, by type of service 7. HH13. Proportion of households with multichannel television, by type 8. HH14. Barriers to household internet access 9#10ICT Individuals Indicators 1. HH5. Proportion of individuals using a Computer 2. HH7. Proportion of individuals using Internet (SDG Indicator) 3. HH8. Proportion of individuals using Internet, by location 4. HH9. Proportion of individuals using Internet, by type of activity 5. HH10. Proportion of individuals using a Mobile phone 6. HH12. Proportion of individuals using Internet, by frequency 7. HH15. Individuals with ICT skills, by type of skills (SDG Indicator) 8. HH17. Proportion of individuals using Internet, by type of Device & Network 9. HH18. Proportion of individuals who own a Mobile phone (SDG Indicator) 10. HH19. Proportion of individuals not using the Internet, by type of reason 10 10#11Key Indicators of the Survey 11#12Proportion of Households with Access to ICT Computer Internet Mobile phone (8.9%) (97.9%) (43.6%) Fixed phone Radio (0.7%) (14.9%) Television Electricity (62.2%) (99.1%) 12 12#13Proportion of Households with Access to ICT by locality Computer Rural (3.3%) Internet Mobile phone Fixed phone Rural-(37.1%) Rural (97.4%) Rural (0.3%) Urban (26.0%) Urban (63.1%) Urban (99.4%) Urban (1.9%) Radio Television Electricity Rural (11.4%) Rural (56.3%) Rural (99.0%) Urban (24.1%) Urban (79.8%) Urban (99.2%) 13#14Proportion of Households with Access to ICT by Year Computer 2013 (5.7%) 2023 (8.9%) Internet 2013 (4.8%) 2023 (43.6%) Mobile phone Fixed phone 2013 (87.7%) 2013 (3.1%) 2023 (97.9%) 2023 (0.7%) Radio Television 2013 (13.9%) 2013 (46.0%) 2023 (14.9%) 2023 (62.2%) 14#15Proportion of Households with a Radio Proportion of Households with a Radio by Division Rajshahi Rangpur 7.1 9.9 Mymensingh 10.2 Sylhet 10.3 Khulna 12.6 Total 14.9 Dhaka Chattogram Borishal 17.5 20.2 29.5 Radio (14.9%) 15#16Proportion of Households with a Television Proportion of Households with a Television by Division Mymensingh Sylhet Borishal Chattogram Khulna Rangpur Total Rajshahi Dhaka 48.0 49.5 49.7 53.8 57.3 Television 61.8 (62.2%) 62.2 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 67.5 76.0 70.0 80.0 16#17Proportion of Households with Computer Proportion of Households with Computer by Division Sylhet 3.9 Mymensingh 4.1 Borishal 4.1 Rangpur 5.3 Rajshahi 5.9 8.1 Khulna Total Chattogram Dhaka 8.9 10.2 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.6 14.0 16.0 Computer (8.9%) 17#18Proportion of Households with Mobile Phone Proportion of Households with Mobile Phone by Division Sylhet Mymensingh Rangpur Total Rajshahi Chattogram Borishal Khulna Dhaka 92.4 95.9 96.0 97.9 98.2 98.6 98.7 98.7 88.0 90.0 92.0 94.0 96.0 99.1 98.0 100.0 000000 0000 Mobile phone (97.9%) 18#19Proportion of Households with Smartphone Proportion of Households with Smartphone by Division Rangpur Borishal Rajshahi Mymensingh Sylhet Khulna National Dhaka Chattogram 40.7 50.0 50.6 55.0 58.1 61.9 63.3 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 Smartphone 75.3 78.5 (63.3%) 80.0 90.0 19#20Proportion of Households with Internet Proportion of Households with Internet by Division Rangpur Borishal Khulna Rajshahi Mymensingh Sylhet Total Chattogram Dhaka 27.3 27.3 33.2 34.3 38.5 40.8 51.5 59.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 Internet (43.6%) 20 20#21Barriers to Household Internet Access (those household has no internet) No electricity in the house 0.2 Other reason 0.9 Lack/absence of local issues 0.9 Personal confidentiality and security reason 3.0 Cultural reason 4.3 No internet available in this area 5.0 Internet available but not interested in this... 7.0 Internet used outside my house Internet equipment are expensive Internet services are expensive No need of internet 9.6 31.0 39.6 67.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 21#22Proportion of Households with Electricity Proportion of Households with Electricity by Division Chattogram Rangpur Sylhet Mymensingh Total Borishal Rajshahi Khulna Dhaka 98.4 98.8 99.0 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.3 99.4 99.4 97.8 98.0 98.2 98.4 98.6 98.8 99.0 99.2 99.4 99.6 Electricity (99.1%) 22#23Proportion of households with Internet, by type of service and locality Don't know 2.1 Fixed (wired) narrowband network - speeds below 256 kbit/s 4.3 Mobile broadband network (at least 3G, e.g. UMTS) via a card or USB modem 7.9 Fixed (wired) broadband network-speeds of at least 256 kbit/s Mobile broadband network (at least 3G, e.g. UMTS) via a handset 34.0 57.9 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 23#24Proportion of Individuals on Use of ICT stock.com 1706 ient Client Internet Se Clier Frequency of Internet Use. Computer Own Mobile use phone (7.9%) (63.8%) Mobile phone use Internet use At least once a day At least once a week but not every day Less than once a week (90.5%) (44.5%) (71.7%) (21.6%) (6.7%) 24#25Proportion of Individuals on Use of ICT by Sex ST Client se Internet ient Clie Frequency of Internet Use Computer use Male-8.8% Own Mobile phone Male-51.7% Mobile phone use Male-93.2% Internet use Male-72.2% At least once Female-7.1% Female-37.3% Female-87.8% Female-55.3% a day Male-71.7% Female-72.4% 15 At least once a week but not every day Male-22.0% Female-21.0% Less than once a week Male-6.8% Female-6.7% 25#26Proportion of Individuals on Use of ICT by Locality ST Client se Internet ient Clie Frequency of Internet Use Computer use Rural-3.8% Own Mobile phone Rural-60.9% Mobile phone use Rural-89.8% Internet use Rural-36.4% At least once Urban-20.4% Urban-72.3% Urban-92.7% Urban-68.6% a day Rural-66.6% 15 At least once a week but not every day Rural-26.1% Urban-79.4% Urban-14.7% Less than once a week Rural-7.3% Urban-5.9% 26#27Proportion of Individuals on Use of ICT by Year ST Client se Internet ient Clie Frequency of Internet Use 15 Computer use Own Mobile phone Mobile phone use 2013-81.7% 2013-5.6% 2023-7.9% Internet use 2013-6.7% At least once 2013-% a day 2013-28.9% 2023-90.5% 2023-44.5% 2023-63.8% 2023-71.7% At least once a week but not every day 2013-40.4% Less than once a week 2013-30.7% 2023-6.7% 2023-21.6% 27 27#28Location of using the Internet by the individuals Other places 2.5 Internet cafe 4.4 13.9 19.4 20.1 28.3 30.4 Facility open to the public: use at a facility open to the public regardless Place of education: applies only to students While commuting, in transport or walking: use of the Internet while moving Work- where a person's workplace is located Another person's home- the home of a friend, relative or neighbor Home 76.4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 28#29Individuals with ICT skills, by type of skills (SDG) 2.7 7.3 11.1 13.1 15.8 17.5 30.5 44.8 Programming or coding in digital environments (e.g. computer software, app development) Creating electronic presentations with presentation software (including text, images, sound, video or charts) Connecting and installing new devices (e.g. a modem, camera, printer) through wired or wireless technologies Changing privacy settings on your device, account or app to limit the sharing of personal data and information (e.g. name, contact information, photos) Transferring files or applications between devices (including via cloud-storage) Verifying the reliability of information found online Setting up effective security measures (e.g. strong passwords, log-in attempt notification) to protect devices and online accounts Using basic arithmetic formulae in a spreadsheet Finding, downloading, installing and configuring software and apps Sending messages (e.g. e-mail, messaging service, SMS) with attached files (e.g. document, picture, video) Using copy and paste tools to duplicate or move data, information and content in digital environments (e.g. within a document, between devices on the cloud) 1.0 80.1 80.2 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 29#30THANK YOU ALL THVL 30 50