| 23-48 Persons Aged 10 and Over Having Used Internet Service by Age Group/Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status | |||||||||
| Item | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Number of | Percent | Rate① | Number of | Percent | Rate① | Number of | Percent | Rate① | |
| Persons | Persons | Persons | |||||||
| Age Group | |||||||||
| 10-14 | 408600 | 11.6 | 96.6 | 410200 | 10.9 | 96.4 | 405400 | 10.2 | 98.8 |
| 15-24 | 850800 | 24.1 | 96.2 | 851800 | 22.6 | 97.4 | 851700 | 21.5 | 98.6 |
| 25-34 | 817800 | 23.2 | 81.9 | 831500 | 22.1 | 87.5 | 870600 | 22.0 | 91.4 |
| 35-44 | 835800 | 23.7 | 64.6 | 912600 | 24.2 | 72.7 | 901500 | 22.8 | 77.4 |
| 45-54 | 476400 | 13.5 | 41.1 | 570800 | 15.1 | 47.4 | 672500 | 17.0 | 56.1 |
| 55-64 | 115600 | 3.3 | 18.4 | 159400 | 4.2 | 23.4 | 212700 | 5.4 | 29.9 |
| 65 and Over | 21300 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 34200 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 47000 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| Overall | 3526200 | 100.0 | 56.9 | 3770400 | 100.0 | 60.8 | 3961400 | 100.0 | 64.8 |
| Educational Attainment | |||||||||
| No Schooling/ | 289100 | 8.2 | 16.5 | 318800 | 8.5 | 19.1 | 341500 | 8.6 | 20.9 |
| Kindergarten/Primary | |||||||||
| Secondary/Matriculation | 2162000 | 61.3 | 65.5 | 2336500 | 62.0 | 69.8 | 2505300 | 63.2 | 75.5 |
| Tertiary | 1075100 | 30.5 | 93.7 | 1115100 | 29.6 | 94.4 | 1114600 | 28.1 | 96.0 |
| Overall | 3526200 | 100.0 | 56.9 | 3770400 | 100.0 | 60.8 | 3961400 | 100.0 | 64.8 |
| Economic Activity Status | |||||||||
| Economically Active | 2329000 | 66.1 | 66.1 | 2587600 | 68.6 | 70.3 | 2618000 | 66.1 | 75.4 |
| Economically Inactive | 1197100 | 33.9 | 44.7 | 1182800 | 31.4 | 47.0 | 1343400 | 33.9 | 50.8 |
| Students | 908700 | 25.8 | 97.9 | 871800 | 23.1 | 97.6 | 920600 | 23.2 | 99.1 |
| Retired Persons | 48600 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 65200 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 107200 | 2.7 | 11.7 |
| Home-makers | 224700 | 6.4 | 27.2 | 225700 | 6.0 | 33.1 | 301700 | 7.6 | 40.7 |
| Others | 15100 | 0.4 | 21.5 | 20100 | 0.5 | 21.5 | 13900 | 0.4 | 24.7 |
| Overall | 3526200 | 100.0 | 56.9 | 3770400 | 100.0 | 60.8 | 3961400 | 100.0 | 64.8 |
| Notes:Figures are based on Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration conducted during May to August in 2005, | |||||||||
| June to August in 2006 and July to September in 2007.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, 98.8% had used Internet service in the twelve months before enumeration based on the | |||||||||
| Household Survey in 2007. | |||||||||