Table 6 Purpose and nature of activities on the Internet the last 3 months. Percentage of Internet users the last 3 months, by sex, age, education and employment situation. 2nd quarter of 2006

6	Purpose and nature of activities on the Internet the last 3 months. Percentage of Internet users the last 3 months, by sex, age, education and employment situation. 2nd quarter of 2006

	Communications	Sent and received e-mail	Telephony/video conference	Chat/instant messaging	Information search and online services	Selling and banking	Interaction with public authorities	Training and education


All persons	90	89	16	42	98	82	71	9

Sex
Males	90	90	21	43	99	85	73	8
Females	90	89	12	41	97	79	68	10

Age
16 - 24 years	95	91	21	87	99	77	64	15
25 - 34 years	93	93	23	57	99	86	77	14
35 - 44 years	90	89	18	31	97	85	76	8
45 - 54 years	84	84	9	20	97	83	69	5
55 - 64 years	89	89	10	14	97	81	66	3
65 - 74 years	80	80	3	11	94	64	61	0

Education
Primary school	81	76	14	48	99	58	52	2
Secondary school	88	88	16	41	97	83	68	8
University/college +	95	94	16	38	99	88	80	11
Unspecified	94	89	31	84	97	69	61	21

Employment situation
Student	98	94	25	88	100	78	71	23
Employed	90	90	16	36	98	87	73	7
Self-employed	85	85	14	22	96	85	63	2
Retired	80	80	10	14	95	64	58	0
Unemployed	88	81	8	40	100	66	71	13
Other	79	79	14	45	90	59	50	2