24-48  Persons Aged 10 and Over Having Used Internet Service by Age Group/Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status
Item	2004			2005			2006
	Number of			Number of			Number of
	Persons	Percent	Rate①	Persons	Percent	Rate①	Persons	Percent	Rate①
Age Group
10-14	406200	11.7	95.2	408600	11.6	96.6	410200	10.9	96.4
15-24	835500	24.0	94.0	850800	24.1	96.2	851800	22.6	97.4
25-34	857400	24.6	81.7	817800	23.2	81.9	831500	22.1	87.5
35-44	852000	24.5	64.1	835800	23.7	64.6	912600	24.2	72.7
45-54	404800	11.6	36.3	476400	13.5	41.1	570800	15.1	47.4
55-64	100300	2.9	17.5	115600	3.3	18.4	159400	4.2	23.4
65 and Over	23600	0.7	3.0	21300	0.6	2.6	34200	0.9	4.2
Overall	3479700	100.0	56.4	3526200	100.0	56.9	3770400	100.0	60.8
Educational Attainment
No Schooling/	282300	8.1	16.5	289100	8.2	16.5	318800	8.5	19.1
Kindergarten/Primary
Secondary/Matriculation	2160000	62.1	64.7	2162000	61.3	65.5	2336500	62.0	69.8
Tertiary	1037300	29.8	92.7	1075100	30.5	93.7	1115100	29.6	94.4
Overall	3479700	100.0	56.4	3526200	100.0	56.9	3770400	100.0	60.8
Economic Activity
Status
Economically Active	2358900	67.8	64.8	2329000	66.1	66.1	2587600	68.6	70.3
Economically Inactive	1120800	32.2	44.3	1197100	33.9	44.7	1182800	31.4	47.0
Students	844600	24.3	96.4	908700	25.8	97.9	871800	23.1	97.6
Retired Persons	38300	1.1	7.2	48600	1.4	5.7	65200	1.7	7.7
Home-makers	226800	6.5	22.4	224700	6.4	27.2	225700	6.0	33.1
Others	11200	0.3	10.1	15100	0.4	21.5	20100	0.5	21.5
Overall	3479700	100.0	56.4	3526200	100.0	56.9	3770400	100.0	60.8
Notes : Figures are based on a Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration conducted during June to August in 2004, May to
August in 2005 and June to August in 2006.  They refer to the number of persons aged 10 and over who had used Internet service in the twelve
months before enumeration.
①As 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, 96.4% had used Internet service in the twelve months before enumeration based on the Household Survey in 2006.