| Table 4.7 | |||||||||
| Individual Internet Access by sex and religion1, 2001-02 to 2007-08 | |||||||||
| Persons aged 16+ | Percentages | ||||||||
| Sex and religion | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | Base (2007-08) =100%3 | |
| Total | |||||||||
| Catholic | 35 | 38 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 58 | 1,836 | |
| Protestant | 33 | 39 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 2,177 | |
| All | 34 | 39 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 4,013 | |
| Males | |||||||||
| Catholic | 36 | 37 | 49 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 846 | |
| Protestant | 37 | 43 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 979 | |
| All Males | 37 | 40 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 1,825 | |
| Females | |||||||||
| Catholic | 34 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 51 | 58 | 58 | 990 | |
| Protestant | 30 | 36 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 1,198 | |
| All Females | 32 | 37 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 57 | 2,188 | |
| Source:Continuous Household Survey | |||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||
| 1 If missing, unwilling or undefined, religion taken from the first person in the | |||||||||
| household to state Catholic, Protestant, None or Other | |||||||||
| 2 Access to the internet includes all means of access eg home computer | |||||||||
| work computer, digital TV, mobile phone or other | |||||||||
| 3 Bases for earlier years are of a similar size | |||||||||