More Women than men online
August 23, 2007 – 5:59 pmBritains Communicator Regulator, Ofcom, have released some stats on the British communications market. Although these figures relate to the UK and not Ireland they are worth checking out as they reveal trends that will probably carry across the water to us.
Two trends stick out; one is the increase in time women are spending on the internet. For the first time in the UK women spend more time on the internet than men. Secondly, 1 in 6 over 65s use the internet. They spend an average of 42 hours a month online, much higher than the 25 hours teenagers spend.
Key trends
Britons are the most active web users in Europe and spend an average 36 minutes each online every day, up from 14 minutes in 2002.
Three-quarters of 11 year-olds have their own TV, games console and mobile.
Two-thirds of children do not believe they could easily live without a mobile and the internet.
Some 15% of UK households have a digital video recorder and 78% use it to fast-forward through adverts.
Some 16% of over-65s use the web. They surf for 42 hours every month, more than any other age group. One quarter of UK web users are over 50.
Two-thirds of phone owners use its alarm function instead of a clock.
For more information see the Guardian
