Scotland's People - Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Scotland's People
Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Table 6.19: Access to the internet by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data Adult population

	Yes	No	Don't know	Total	Base
Edinburgh	58	42	0	100	1,102
Glasgow	36	64	0	100	1,495
Fife	45	55	0	100	941
North Lanarkshire	37	63	0	100	801
South Lanarkshire	44	56	-	100	752
Highlands and Islands	44	56	0	100	1,947
Grampian	51	49	-	100	1,093
Tayside	40	60	-	100	991
Central	50	49	1	100	870
Dunbartonshire	44	55	1	100	455
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	44	56	0	100	1,002
Ayrshire	39	61	0	100	909
Lothians	42	58	-	100	900
Southern Scotland	43	57	-	100	710
Scotland	44	56	0	100	13,968

Table 6.20: Households with home internet access by household type
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Yes	33	54	34	68	72	61	25	7	41
No	67	46	66	32	28	38	75	92	58
Don't know	0	0	-	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,341	2,512	844	2,062	1,025	1,429	2,235	2,431	14,879

Table 6.21: Households with home internet access by quarter
Column percentages, 2001-2003 data Households

	2001 Quarter 1	2001 Quarter 2	2001 Quarter 3	2001 Quarter 4	2002 Quarter 1	2002 Quarter 2	2002 Quarter 3	2002 Quarter 4	2003 Quarter 1	2003 Quarter 2	2003 Quarter 3	2003 Quarter 4
Yes	26	26	29	30	32	32	33	38	40	43	42	42
No	74	74	71	70	68	68	67	62	60	57	58	58
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	3,893	4,092	3,884	3,681	3,495	3,048	3,697	4,162	3,931	3,860	3,997	3,091

Table 6.22: Households with home internet access by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Yes	16	15	26	44	57	68	81	87	42
No	84	85	74	56	43	31	19	13	58
Don't know	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,236	2,823	2,960	2,108	1,657	1,282	1,443	860	14,369

Table 6.23: Households with home internet access by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Yes	38	39	45	41	50	46	41
No	62	60	54	59	50	53	58
Don't know	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,348	4,175	1,542	692	1,814	1,308	14,879

Table 6.24: Hours per week spent using the internet for personal use by sex
Column percentages, 2003 data Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Up to 1 hour a week	32	45	39
Over 1 hour, up to 5 hours	41	38	39
Over 5 hours, up to 10 hours	15	10	12
Over 10 hours, up to 20 hours	8	4	6
Over 20 hours	5	2	3
Total	100	100	100
Base	2,595	2,939	5,534

Table 6.25: Hours per week spent using the internet for personal use by age
Column percentages, 2003 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
Up to 1 hour a week	33	34	39	44	47	*	39
Over 1 hour, up to 5 hours	37	42	41	37	37	*	39
Over 5 hours, up to 10 hours	16	14	12	11	10	*	12
Over 10 hours, up to 20 hours	8	7	5	5	4	*	6
Over 20 hours	6	3	3	3	2	*	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	*	100
Base	690	1,262	1,566	1,446	507	63	5,534

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 6.26: When first used the internet by sex
Column percentages, 2003 data Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
In the past month	2	2	2
Over one month ago, up to 6 months ago	3	4	3
Over 6 months ago, up to a year ago	5	5	5
Over 1 year ago, up to two years ago	11	14	12
Over two years ago	79	75	77
Total	100	100	100
Base	2,595	2,939	5,534

Table 6.27: When first used the internet by age
Column percentages, 2003 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	2	2	2	2	3	10	2
Over one month ago, up to 6 months ago	3	3	3	4	5	4	3
Over 6 months ago, up to a year ago	2	5	5	5	7	8	5
Over 1 year ago, up to two years ago	9	12	11	14	18	26	12
Over two years ago	84	78	78	75	67	52	77
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	690	1,262	1,566	1,446	507	63	5,534

Table 6.28: Whether have broadband internet connection by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003 data Adult population who use the internet

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Yes	15	13	13	14	16	18	18	20	16
No	79	85	85	85	83	80	81	79	82
Don't know	6	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	204	438	757	850	798	745	970	659	5,421

Table 6.29: Methods used to access the internet by sex
Cell percentages, 2003 data Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Personal Computer	94	95	94
Laptop computer	12	9	11
WAP/Mobile phone	1	1	1
Television	1	1	1
Games console	0	0	0
Electronic personal organiser	0	0	0
Combination of mobile phone/electronic organiser	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
Base	2,595	2,939	5,534

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 6.30: Methods used to access the internet by age
Cell percentages, 2003 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	94	96	92	*	94
Laptop computer	9	13	13	8	10	*	11
WAP/Mobile phone	3	1	1	0	1	*	1
Television	1	1	1	1	1	*	1
Games console	1	0	0	-	-	*	0
Electronic personal organiser	0	-	1	0	-	*	0
Combination of mobile phone/electronic organiser	0	0	0	0	-	*	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0	*	0
Base	690	1,262	1,566	1,446	507	63	5,534

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed. *Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 6.31: Current uses of the internet by sex
Cell percentages, 2003 data Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Using email	85	85	85
General browsing or surfing	75	69	72
Finding information about goods/services	70	64	67
Buying or ordering tickets and services	57	55	56
Finding information related to education	40	46	43
Non-grocery shopping	37	36	37
Personal banking/investment activities	35	28	32
Using or accessing government/official sites	33	26	29
Playing or downloading music	33	21	27
Looking for work	26	23	24
Playing or downloading games	27	18	23
On-line learning	18	16	17
Grocery shopping	10	15	13
Using chat rooms or sites	13	11	12
Voting	2	1	1
Paying rent	1	1	1
None of these	1	2	2
Base	2,595	2,939	5,534

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 6.32: Current uses of the internet by age
Cell percentages, 2003 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	84	88	85	83	86	*	85
General browsing or surfing	74	80	76	66	56	*	72
Finding information about goods/services	55	71	71	69	61	*	67
Buying or ordering tickets and services	45	64	61	56	45	*	56
Finding information related to education	55	43	48	37	27	*	43
Non-grocery shopping	28	43	41	36	26	*	37
Personal banking/investment activities	19	44	35	31	20	*	32
Using or accessing government/official sites	17	34	34	31	23	*	29
Playing or downloading music	51	32	25	16	9	*	27
Looking for work	35	39	23	16	1	*	24
Playing or downloading games	38	27	22	14	13	*	23
On-line learning	22	17	18	15	13	*	17
Grocery shopping	6	15	19	12	5	*	13
Using chat rooms or sites	32	15	8	4	3	*	12
Voting	1	2	2	1	1	*	1
Paying rent	1	1	1	1	0	*	1
None of these	1	1	1	2	3	*	2
Base	690	1,262	1,566	1,446	507	63	5,534

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed. *Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 6.33: Possible future uses of internet not currently used by sex
Cell percentages, 2003 data Adult population who use the internet

	Male	Female	All
Voting	33	27	30
Grocery shopping	18	25	22
Personal banking/investment activities	19	20	19
Buying or ordering tickets and services	15	15	15
On-line learning	15	15	15
Looking for work	13	11	12
Non-grocery shopping	11	11	11
Playing or downloading music	12	10	11
Finding information related to education	10	9	9
Finding information about goods/services	9	8	9
Using or accessing government/official sites	7	6	7
General browsing or surfing	6	7	6
Using email	5	5	5
Playing or downloading games	5	4	4
Paying rent	3	2	2
Using chat rooms or sites	2	2	2
None of these	12	12	12
Base	1,922	2,243	4,165

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 6.34: Possible future uses of internet not currently used by age
Cell percentages, 2003 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
Voting	26	32	33	29	22	*	30
Grocery shopping	17	24	22	23	24	*	22
Personal banking/investment activities	22	18	19	19	21	*	19
Buying or ordering tickets and services	20	13	13	15	18	*	15
On-line learning	13	18	15	14	11	*	15
Looking for work	24	13	12	7	2	*	12
Non-grocery shopping	11	12	9	12	12	*	11
Playing or downloading music	10	13	12	9	9	*	11
Finding information related to education	7	11	10	9	8	*	9
Finding information about goods/services	10	7	8	9	12	*	9
Using or accessing government/official sites	5	6	7	8	7	*	7
General browsing or surfing	5	5	5	8	10	*	6
Using email	7	5	4	6	5	*	5
Playing or downloading games	6	5	5	3	2	*	4
Paying rent	6	3	2	1	0	*	2
Using chat rooms or sites	4	2	2	2	0	*	2
None of these	8	11	12	12	17	*	12
Base	538	968	1,225	1,041	352	41	4,165

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed. *Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

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