Bryndwr - Internet Use Project

Researcher John Stephen Veitch

Field dates 28 May, to 20 June, 2009

78% of households in this survey are Internet connected. Of those, 81% were on broad-band. This is a distinctly middle class area, of well educated people who you would expect to be substantial users of the Internet.

100 "high user" householders - Age and Gender of 100 Respondents

The 100 chosen participants in age order.

Colour Key:	Male	Female

This table tells you about the age and gender of the most active Internet user in each house. In age order.

Percentiles 1 to 5
86	84	84	73	73	69	68	68	67	67
67	66	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	62
61	61	60	59	57	57	57	56	56	56
55	54	54	53	51	50	50	50	50	49
48	47	45	40	40	39	38	38	38	38

Median
38

Percentiles 6 to 10
36	36	36	35	35	35	35	32	32	32
32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29
29	28	28	27	25	25	24	23	23	20
19	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15
REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF

The median person was 24 when the Internet became widely available. In our sample there is a cluster of heavy users (7 people) aged between 50 and 40. (As a side issue the researcher is also a heavy user, and at 67, seems to be outside this framework.) There were 4 more heavy users 36, 35, 32 and 31 with no heavy users at a younger age. That information might destroy some commonly held assumptions about young people being more skilled with these technologies than older people.

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