Table 3-1: Online
Activities of Internet Users by Household Family Income, 2001
Percent of Internet Users Age 3 +
|
|
Under
15,000 |
15,000-24,999 |
25,000-34,999 |
35,000-49,999 |
50,000-74,999 |
Over
75,000 |
|
E-Mail/Instant
Messaging |
72.0 |
75.5 |
78.7 |
81.3 |
85.0 |
89.1 |
|
Playing
Games |
47.0 |
48.6 |
45.7 |
44.5 |
42.9 |
37.5 |
|
News,
Weather, Sports |
53.5 |
55.5 |
57.2 |
58.3 |
63.2 |
67.0 |
|
Product/Service
Information Search |
54.9 |
58.0 |
63.3 |
64.2 |
68.5 |
73.5 |
|
Complete
School Assignments |
37.1 |
27.3 |
25.1 |
22.9 |
23.3 |
24.6 |
|
Job
Search |
23.0 |
20.6 |
20.5 |
17.4 |
16.0 |
14.6 |
|
Chat
Rooms or Listservs |
23.0 |
20.0 |
18.8 |
16.9 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
|
Health
Services or Practices Info. Search |
29.5 |
29.9 |
32.7 |
32.9 |
35.1 |
38.9 |
|
Government
Services Search |
28.1 |
27.2 |
28.0 |
29.6 |
29.6 |
35.1 |
|
Product/Service
Purchases |
26.1 |
26.8 |
31.4 |
35.0 |
39.4 |
49.1 |
|
View
TV/Movies, Listen to Radio |
20.0 |
19.1 |
19.1 |
18.6 |
18.5 |
19.8 |
|
Online
Banking |
12.8 |
12.1 |
14.4 |
15.6 |
18.0 |
23.0 |
|
Online
Education Course |
4.0 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
|
Trade
Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds |
3.2 |
2.9 |
4.9 |
6.3 |
8.1 |
13.8 |
|
Make
Phone Calls |
6.7 |
6.3 |
5.2 |
5.9 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
Source: NTIA and ESA, U.S. Department of Commerce, using
U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey Supplements
From A Nation Online:
How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet