Tunisia’s Internet users spent over US$ 132.7 million in B2C e-commerce during the past 12 months
A new major survey of the Internet users in Tunisia was concluded by the Arab Advisors Group. The survey report, Tunisia Internet users and e-commerce Survey 2008 was released on August 20, 2008 and provides the results of a major comprehensive online survey of Internet users in Tunisia. The survey covered the Internet usage, e commerce and cellular usage and habits of the Internet users in Tunisia. The survey field work was conducted between May and July 2008.
Respondents were randomly targeted by receiving an email shot in their inbox to ask them to fill the survey in cooperation with reputable mail list providers in Tunisia. The survey report includes online replies from 1,093 respondents. Quality control checks and personal validation were conducted by Arab Advisors Group’s team. The survey was conducted on the general Internet population, including both genders and all age groups across Tunisia. The online survey yields a confidence level of 99% with a margin of error of less than 4%.
This survey report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Group for only US$ 2,500 for subscribers to Arab Advisors Strategic Research Services. Non-Subscribers to Arab Advisors Groups Strategic Research Services can order the report for US$ 3,125 .
Please contact the Arab Advisors Group to get a copy of the report's Table of Contents and the survey questions.
The survey report includes 70 pages and 82 detailed exhibits. Purchasing the survey includes the right to request 3 extra cross tabulations and / or filters at no extra charge.
According to the survey results, 84.0% of Internet users in Tunisia have Internet access at home, 75.8% use Internet at work, while 24.0% use public hot spots. Naturally, access methods overlapped.
While the survey covered Internet users, it also probed the reasons behind why other members of the same households surveyed do not use the Internet. Based on the feedback of Internet users, computer illiteracy, lack of interest, lack of a perceived need to use the Internet and being too young to use the Internet are the main reasons for keeping non-Internet users in Tunisia from using the Internet.
The survey also revealed e-commerce adoption in Tunisia. 36.4% of Tunisia Internet users shop online or through their mobile phone. The Arab Advisors Group estimated the number of e-commerce users in Tunisia to be over 416000 and total e-commerce expenditure during the past year to be US$ 132.7 million.
“The majority of e-commerce users make electronic payments through credit
cards. 64.8% of e-commerce users use credit cards as their e-commerce method of
payment. Following credit cards, 27.4% of e-commerce users use prepaid Internet
shopping card for their payments. ” Mr. Hussam Barhoush, Arab Advisors senior
research analyst wrote in the survey report.
The Arab Advisors Group
divided the survey questionnaire into two main sections: Telecommunications and
Internet
The sections provide a balanced focus on the following areas:
Telecommunications
• Cellular subscriptions
• 3G Cellular services
awareness
Internet
• Internet usage trends
• Internet subscription
•
Internet access methods and costs
• Internet user's social interaction on
the Internet
• e-commerce use and trends
• e-Banking and e-Government
services
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