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The Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) is the longest-running academic survey of internet use in Britain, describing how internet use has evolved from 2003 to the present day. Run by the Oxford Internet Institute, a Social Sciences department at the University of Oxford, this survey provides unrivalled data, rigorous analysis and policy-relevant insights into key aspects of life online.

OxIS is a multi-stage national probability sample of 2,000 people in Britain, enabling researchers to project estimates to the nation as a whole. Undertaken every two years since 2003, it surveys users, non-users, and ex-users, covering internet and ICT access and use, attitudes to technology, and supporting demographic and geographic information. 

The Oxford Internet Survey, 2003 (OxIS 2003) is a representative survey of British internet use in 2003. Data were collected via in-home interviews with respondents and includes both internet users and nonusers. The dataset contains 496 variables measuring internet activities, attitudes and effects.

Further information about the OxIS, including publications, is available from the Oxford Internet Surveys webpages.

Users should note the data are only available in Stata format.

This study is Open Access. It is freely available to download and does not require UK Data Service registration.

Main Topics:

The data include a wide variety of items measuring issues related to internet use, including:

• social and political outlook
• internet use and access
• internet use at work
• shopping on the internet
• attitudes of past users of the internet
• attitudes of those who have never used the internet
• demographic measures