| Table 4.4 | ||||||||
| Individual internet access by sex and age, 2001-02 to 2007-08 | ||||||||
| Persons aged 16+ | Percentages | |||||||
| Sex and Age | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | Base (2007-08) =100%2 |
| Total | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 77 | 82 | 87 | 87 | 230 |
| 20-29 | 48 | 56 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 626 |
| 30-39 | 43 | 49 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 773 |
| 40-49 | 43 | 47 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 776 |
| 50-59 | 31 | 36 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 62 | 632 |
| 60-69 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 41 | 646 |
| 70+ | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 590 |
| All | 35 | 39 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 4,273 |
| Males | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 81 | 87 | 84 | 123 |
| 20-29 | 47 | 57 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 82 | 261 |
| 30-39 | 48 | 50 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 77 | 361 |
| 40-49 | 45 | 49 | 63 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 373 |
| 50-59 | 37 | 39 | 52 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 298 |
| 60-69 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 306 |
| 70+ | 4 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 253 |
| All Males | 37 | 42 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 1,975 |
| Females | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 66 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 87 | 90 | 107 |
| 20-29 | 49 | 55 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 73 | 75 | 365 |
| 30-39 | 40 | 48 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 79 | 412 |
| 40-49 | 41 | 44 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 403 |
| 50-59 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 62 | 334 |
| 60-69 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 340 |
| 70+ | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 337 |
| All Females | 32 | 37 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 2,298 |
| Source:Continuous Household Survey | ||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| 1 Access to the internet includes all means of access eg | ||||||||
| Home computer, Work computer, Digital TV, Mobile phone, Other | ||||||||
| 2 Bases for earlier year sare of a similar size | ||||||||