Comparative Study of Internet Accessing Households in Urban and Rural Areas Before the Pandemic During the Pandemic

Abstract

This research aims to review household internet use, especially before and during the pandemic. In addition, this research tests and provides evidence that internet use in urban and rural areas still experiences differences in users. Data was taken from the Central Statistics Agency in 2019-2021 for all provinces in Indonesia except DKI. The analysis tools in this research are the Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests. The test results show differences in users between urban and rural areas. Apart from that, there are also differences in internet users based on changes in time over three years. The conclusion is that internet use in Indonesia is increasing daily, but there are still differences in users in urban and rural areas.