23-42    Persons Aged 10 and Over Having Used Internet Service by Age/
Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status, 2000 - 2001
	2000			2001
	Number of			Number of
	persons	Percent	Rate+	persons	Percent	Rate+
Age Group
10–14	179900	9.7	43.1	341200	13.1	79.4
15–24	583400	31.4	64.5	743000	28.6	81.1
25–34	559700	30.2	48.1	717100	27.6	65.1
35–44	402400	21.7	28.3	574000	22.1	42.3
45–54	111100	6.0	11.5	189800	7.3	19.6
55–64	17100	0.9	3.2	29800	1.1	6.0
65 and Over	1700	0.1	0.2	6200	0.2	0.8
Overall	1855200	100.0	30.3	2601300	100.0	43.3
Educational Attainment
No Schooling/Kindergarten/Primary	66600	3.6	3.3	207400	8.0	11.1
Secondary/Matriculation	1135200	61.2	34.4	1621500	62.3	50.1
Tertiary	653400	35.2	78.5	772400	29.7	86.9
Overall	1855200	100.0	30.3	2601300	100.0	43.3
Economic Activity Status
Economically Active	1251600	67.5	35.6	1732800	66.6	49.4
Economically Inactive	603600	32.5	23.1	868400	33.4	34.8
Students	532300	28.7	60.8	733300	28.2	84.7
Retired Persons	5900	0.3	0.7	13400	0.5	1.8
Home-makers	60400	3.3	6.8	91500	3.5	12.7
Others	5000	0.3	11.2	30200	1.2	16.8
Overall	1855200	100.0	30.3	2601300	100.0	43.3
Notes :Figures are based on a Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration conducted during January to March in 2000
and April to June in 2001. They refer to the number of persons aged 10 and over who had used Internet service in the twelve months before
enumeration.
+ As a percentage of all persons aged 10 and over in the respective age/educational attainment/economic activity status groups. For example,
among all persons aged 10 – 14, 43.1% had used Internet service in the twelve months before enumeration based on the 2000 Household
Survey.