Statistics Norway

Use of ICT in households

5 Purpose and nature of activities on the Internet the last 3 months. Percentage of population, by sex, age, education and employment situation. 2nd quarter of 2011
  Social networks as facebook, twitter, etc. Reading on-line newspapers Health related information search Information search on education and courses Information search on goods and services Downloading software Online debate/forum Online consultations or voting
All persons 59 79 52 42 78 43 27 13
                 
Sex                
Males 57 84 46 41 82 54 31 15
Females 61 74 59 42 73 32 22 10
                 
Age                
16 - 24 years 96 89 65 80 86 69 40 17
25 - 34 years 87 90 64 54 89 59 34 14
35 - 44 years 61 82 61 43 88 41 27 12
45 - 54 years 53 82 48 33 80 40 26 13
55 - 64 years 28 69 40 21 66 24 16 11
65 - 74 years 13 52 26 8 41 20 11 7
                 
Education                
Primary school 65 73 46 47 69 46 30 14
Secondary school 49 75 47 33 74 35 21 12
University/college + 64 89 64 46 90 52 31 13
Unspecified 73 74 42 59 66 43 26 10
                 
Employment situation                
Student 96 93 61 84 81 73 35 12
Employed 66 84 58 46 85 47 28 12
Self-employed 56 73 48 41 89 52 35 34
Retired 23 61 34 12 52 22 16 10
Unemployed 65 68 34 31 63 26 31 9
Other 51 77 57 37 66 31 22 16

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