23-48 Persons Aged 10 and Over Having Used Internet Service by Age Group/Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status
Item	2007			2008			2009
	Number of	Percent	Rate①	Number of	Percent	Rate①	Number of	Percent	Rate①
	Persons			Persons			Persons
Age Group
10-14	405400	10.2	98.8	392400	9.5	99.0	369300	8.6	98.8
15-24	851700	21.5	98.6	856300	20.8	98.8	849300	19.8	99.1
25-34	870600	22.0	91.4	902200	21.9	94.1	903300	21.0	95.2
35-44	901500	22.8	77.4	956700	23.2	84.4	947900	22.0	85.6
45-54	672500	17.0	56.1	729600	17.7	58.8	852000	19.8	67.5
55-64	212700	5.4	29.9	228700	5.5	30.1	304100	7.1	37.9
65 and Over	47000	1.2	5.8	58100	1.4	7.0	74000	1.7	8.8
Overall	3961400	100.0	64.8	4123900	100.0	66.7	4300000	100.0	69.4
Educational Attainment
No Schooling/	341500	8.6	20.9	333800	8.1	21.4	375800	8.7	24.3
Pre-primary/Primary
Secondary/Sixth-form	2505300	63.2	75.5	2599900	63.0	76.6	2676900	62.3	79.6
Post-secondary	1114600	28.1	96.0	1190200	28.9	96.8	1247300	29.0	97.0
Overall	3961400	100.0	64.8	4123900	100.0	66.7	4300000	100.0	69.4
Economic Activity Status
Economically Active	2618000	66.1	75.4	2838900	68.8	79.2	2945500	68.5	81.5
Economically Inactive	1343400	33.9	50.8	1285000	31.2	49.4	1354500	31.5	52.5
Students	920600	23.2	99.1	896400	21.7	99.2	852000	19.8	99.3
Retired Persons	107200	2.7	11.7	88300	2.1	9.6	124800	2.9	13.6
Home-makers	301700	7.6	40.7	288400	7.0	39.9	362900	8.4	48.3
Others	13900	0.4	24.7	11900	0.3	22.0	14.7	0.3	25.3
Overall	3961400	100.0	64.8	4123900	100.0	66.7	4300000	100.0	69.4
Notes : 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 Thematic Household Survey in 2009.