The survey's definitive data reaffirmed that television is the most accessible means of communication for cable-verdeans, with 85% of the population having access at home, with 24% having access by subscription (multichannel).
It follows the radio with 46% of the population with access at home, continued the Cape Verdean institute, which reported that access to the computer, be it portable ('laptop') or table ('desktop') or 'tablet' / 'iPad') has been increasing over the years and, in 2018, it was estimated that 39% of the population lived in a household with at least one computer. Conversely, the landline tends to fall out of favor, giving way to mobile phones. About 19% have access to a landline and approximately 97% of the population aged 15 and over have a mobile phone in Cape Verde.
In the opposite direction, the fixed telephone tends to fall into disuse, giving way to mobile phones. About 19% have access to a landline and approximately 97% of the population aged 15 and over has a mobile phone in Cape Verde.
According to the 2018 IMC results, television is chosen as the main means of communication to access information about what is happening in the country and abroad, with 82% of the population choosing it as the most important means of communication. used. Followed by social networks with 42%. "It should be noted that social networks are the most important means of communication among the youngest (66% among those aged 15-24)," said INE.
Followed by social networks with 42%. “It should be noted that social networks are the most important means of communication among the youngest (66% among those aged 15-24)”, stressed the INE.
Radio is in third place with 33%, being the most used means of communication by the male audience (41%, against 26% among women) and a more adult audience (44% of the population aged 45-64 years).
Online newspapers are the preference of 11% of the population, with greater expression in the urban population (13%, against 6% of the rural), in the male population (13% against 9% among women) and in the adult population, 25-44 years (17%).
In four years, access to Internet increased from 32% in 2014 to 70% in 2018 and, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE) cable-verdean, it is estimated that 76% of the population has access to Internet, mainly through mobile phones. The data are contained in the results of the module on the access and consumption of social media from the INE's 2018 Multi-Objective Survey (BMI), which interviewed 6.143 individuals aged 15 years and over, between October and December of the same year.
