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Finding information about goods 84
or services 88
85
Sending/receiving e-mails
85
Using services related to travel and 61
accommodation 65
43
Internet banking
46
Obtaining information from public 43
authorities’ websites 47
Looking for information about education 38
training or courses 35
33
Other information search or online service
35
31
Seeking health-related information
24
Consulting the Internet with the purpose 31
of learning 35
Playing or downloading games, images, 29
films or music 41
27
Downloading official forms
35
Other communication (use of chat sites, 26
messenger, etc.) 29
Reading or downloading online news 25
magazines 35
Looking for a job or sending a 21
job application 21
Sending completed forms to public 20
authorities 29
Listening to web radios/watching web 19
television 32
Selling of goods or services (e.g. via 13
auctions) 21
13
Downloading software
34
Telephoning over the Internet/video 8
Female
conferencing 16
Male
7
Doing an online course (in any subject)
6
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Variation in different online activities by gender
Figure 1.14 Source: UK National Statistics (2006) Individuals accessing the Internet – Report from the UK National Statistics Omnibus
Survey. Published online at www.statistics.gov.uk