Scotland's People: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey (Volume 7: Annual Report)

Table 6-21: When first used the internet by age

Column percentages, 2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
In the past month	1	2	3	3	5	*	3
Over one month ago, up to 6 months ago	1	4	5	4	5	*	4
Over 6 months ago up to a year ago	5	5	10	6	11	*	7
Over 1 year ago up to two years ago	15	16	18	23	21	*	19
Over two years ago	77	72	65	64	58	*	68
Total	100	100	100	100	100	*	100
Base	626	1,168	1,315	1,191	404	40	4,744

Table 6-22: Whether have broadband internet connection by net annual household income

Column percentages, 2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

Table 6-23: Methods used to access the internet by sex

Cell percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Personal Computer	95	95	95
Laptop computer	8	6	7
WAP/Mobile phone	2	1	1
Television	1	1	1
Games console	0	0	0
Electronic personal organizer	0	0	0
Combination of mobile phone/electronic organizer	0	0	0
Other	1	1	1
Base	4,368	4,494	8,862

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed

Table 6-24: Methods used to access the internet by age

Cell percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Personal Computer	95	93	96	96	94	*	95
Laptop computer	6	9	6	6	4	*	7
WAP/Mobile phone	2	2	1	1	0	*	1
Television	1	2	2	1	3	*	1
Games console	1	0	-	0	-	*	0
Electronic personal organizer	0	0	0	0	0	*	0
Combination of mobile phone/electronic organiser	0	0	0	0	0	*	0
Other	1	1	0	0	2	*	1
Base	1,210	2,227	2,445	2,199	708	73	8,862

Table 6-25: Current uses of the internet by sex

Cell percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Using email	84	82	83
General browsing or surfing	76	69	72
Finding information about goods/services	72	65	69
Finding information related to education	41	46	44
Buying or ordering tickets and services	46	41	43
Non-grocery shopping	32	29	31
Personal banking/investment activities	30	23	26
Using or accessing government/official sites	29	22	26
Playing or downloading music	30	19	25
Playing or downloading games	27	18	23
Looking for work	23	18	21
On-line learning	18	14	16
Using chat rooms or sites	14	12	13
Grocery shopping	7	10	8
Voting	1	1	1
Paying Rent	0	0	0
None of these	2	3	2
Base	4,368	4,494	8,862

Table 6-26: Current uses of the internet by age

Cell percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Using email	83	84	83	82	82	79	83
General browsing or surfing	75	82	74	67	55	42	72
Finding information about goods/services	60	74	71	71	58	45	69
Finding information related to education	61	42	44	40	21	22	44
Buying or ordering tickets and services	38	49	44	46	31	9	43
Non-grocery shopping	22	39	36	28	17	9	31
Personal banking/investment activities	17	35	28	25	21	16	26
Using or accessing government/official sites	16	28	28	29	20	10	26
Playing or downloading music	45	30	22	16	7	8	25
Playing or downloading games	34	28	22	15	11	11	23
Looking for work	31	32	18	12	2	-	21
On-line learning	18	17	16	14	10	14	16
Using chat rooms or sites	37	14	9	5	2	3	13
Grocery shopping	4	11	13	6	3	2	8
Voting	1	1	1	1	1	-	1
Paying Rent	0	1	0	0	0	-	0
None of these	2	2	2	3	6	2	2
Base	1,210	2,227	2,445	2,199	708	73	8,862

Table 6-27: Possible future uses of internet not currently used by sex

Cell percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Grocery shopping	16	21	19
Personal banking/investment activities	18	18	18
Voting	20	15	17
Buying or ordering tickets and services	15	17	16
On-line learning	13	15	14
Looking for work	10	10	10
Non-grocery shopping	9	10	9
Playing or downloading music	9	9	9
Finding information related to education	8	9	8
Finding information about goods/services	6	8	7
Using or accessing government/official sites	6	5	6
General browsing or surfing	5	6	5
Playing or downloading games	5	4	5
Using email	5	5	5
Using chat rooms or sites	3	3	3
Paying Rent	3	2	2
None of these	32	31	31
Base	4,368	4,494	8,862

Table 6-28: Possible future uses of internet not currently used by age

Cell percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who use the internet

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Grocery shopping	14	22	20	19	11	13	19
Personal banking/investment activities	22	19	18	16	12	10	18
Voting	18	19	18	17	13	2	17
Buying or ordering tickets and services	22	15	16	14	13	6	16
On-line learning	12	16	15	12	10	6	14
Looking for work	20	12	9	5	2	-	10
Non-grocery shopping	11	9	9	9	8	6	9
Playing or downloading music	12	11	10	6	5	3	9
Finding information related to education	7	10	10	7	6	6	8
Finding information about goods/services	8	5	6	7	9	11	7
Using or accessing government/official sites	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
General browsing or surfing	6	4	5	6	8	9	5
Playing or downloading games	5	6	6	2	3	3	5
Using email	5	5	5	5	4	6	5
Using chat rooms or sites	4	3	3	2	1	2	3
Paying Rent	4	3	2	1	0	-	2
None of these	24	30	30	36	41	48	31
Base	1,210	2,227	2,445	2,199	708	73	8,862

Table 6-29: Annual net household income by household type

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Households

Table 6-30: Annual net household income by marital status of highest income householder

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Households

Table 6-31: Annual net household income by sex of highest income householder

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Households

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