24-47 Persons Aged 10 and Over Having Used Internet Service by Age/
Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status, 2002 - 2004
Item	2002			2003			2004
	Number of			Number of			Number of
	persons	Percent	Rate+	persons	Percent	Rate+	persons	Percent	Rate+
Age Group
10–14	387500	13.3	89.9	401700	12.5	91.6	406200	11.7	95.2
15–24	795100	27.2	89.2	812300	25.3	91.9	835500	24.0	94.0
25–34	753900	25.8	69.1	810000	25.2	75.1	857400	24.6	81.7
35–44	659300	22.6	48.6	773400	24.1	56.8	852000	24.5	64.1
45–54	254300	8.7	25.0	327100	10.2	30.4	404800	11.6	36.3
55–64	54300	1.9	10.5	74600	2.3	13.8	100300	2.9	17.5
65 and Over	14400	0.5	1.9	13700	0.4	1.8	23600	0.7	3.0
Overall	2918800	100.0	48.2	3212800	100.0	52.2	3479700	100.0	56.4
Educational Attainment
No Schooling/	263100	9.0	14.4	272200	8.5	15.2	282300	8.1	16.5
Kindergarten/Primary
Secondary/Matriculation	1736900	59.5	54.3	2192500	68.2	62.1	2160000	62.1	64.7
Tertiary	918800	31.5	89.0	748100	23.3	88.9	1037300	29.8	92.7
Overall	2918800	100.0	48.2	3212800	100.0	52.2	3479700	100.0	56.4
Economic Activity
Status
Economically Active	1909700	65.4	54.1	2143800	66.7	59.5	2358900	67.8	64.8
Economically Inactive	1009100	34.6	40.0	1069000	33.3	41.8	1120800	32.2	44.3
Students	824200	28.2	93.4	856200	26.7	94.2	844600	24.3	96.4
Retired Persons	27500	0.9	4.1	31300	1.0	3.9	38300	1.1	7.2
Home-makers	144900	5.0	16.5	167800	5.2	21.7	226800	6.5	22.4
Others	12400	0.4	14.2	13700	0.4	20.5	11200	0.3	10.1
Overall	2918800	100.0	48.2	3212800	100.0	52.2	3479700	100.0	56.4
Notes : Figures are based on a Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration conducted during  May to July in 2002,
May to August in 2003 and June to August in 2004. 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,  89.9% had used Internet service in the twelve months before enumeration based on the Household Survey
in 2002.