Internet access and socioeconomic determinants in Peru, period 2016-2019

Abstract

In Peru, internet access is scarce, due to its high payment in acquisition and low coverage or broadband.
Considering that currently it has become an extremely necessary service for daily life, having an impact on
inequality in various aspects such as the acquisition of better information, communication and streamlines
processes. The main objective of this research is to evaluate internet access and identify the main socioeconomic
factors that influence internet access in Peru during the 2016-2019 period. For this, the National
Household Survey (ENAHO) was taken. a sample of 142,396 households for the analysis of internet access
and to identify the main socioeconomic factors that influence internet access 9,612 households, using the
panel data methodology. Among the main results prevails, the Coast as a region with a greater number
of households in internet access compared to the Sierra and Selva regions, likewise the urban area is the
one with more households in internet use unlike the rural one, but in In general, there are mostly more households without internet access compared to households with internet. In addition, it was obtained that
the main socioeconomic determinants that influence internet access are; household income, age of the head
of household, years of education of the head of household (positively and with a significance level of 1%) and
poverty (negatively with a significance level of 1%).