Internet Use Rate over 70% in South Korea - Internet Use Rate 70.2%, Internet Users 31.58 millions in Dec. 2004 -
'Survey on the Computer and Internet Usage' conducted by NIDA(National Internet Development Agency of Korea) in Dec. 2004 shows that 31.58 millions people are currently Internet Users, 70.2% of total populations. (Sampling error : ±0.67%, 95% confidential level) As of December 2004, 70.2%(31.58 millions) of all Koreans age 6 or over use the wired or wireless Internet once or more in the last month. The percentage of Internet users has increased by 4.7%p (2.36 millions) since December 2003, and 2.0%p(0.91 millions) since June 2004. For the Internet use rate by gender, 75.9% of all males(17.06million) and 64.6% of all females(14.52million) use the Internet, which shows that males' use rate is higher than females' by 1.3%p(2.54million). The component ratio of Internet users by gender is 54.0% for males, 46.0% for females relieving 0.8%p of divide compared to last survey in December 2004. For the Internet use rate by age, Internet use rate among ages 6 to 19 is the highest with 96.2%, followed by 95.3% for 20's, 88.1% for 30's. The Internet use rate of 40's has increased substantially by 10.9%p since the previous year. Main activities online are showing big differences by age group. 'Learning' is a main activity relatively for people ages 6 to 19, rather than other age's group, 'Internet purchasing/reservation' and 'online banking' for 20's~30's, 'Reading news online newspapers or magazine' for 40's~50's. For the Internet use rate by occupations, Internet use rate of students is the highest with 98.1%, followed by professional/managers(95.5%), white-collars(94.3%). The percentage of Internet users among house wives reaches 54.7%, and that of Internet users among workers in production is the lowest with 37.7%. 70.7% of Internet users connect to the Internet mainly for 'search for data /information', and 53.6% for 'game' followed by 'e-mail'(30.2%), 'entertainment'(20.8%), 'chatting/messenger' (17.6%) and 'shopping/ reservation'(15.2%). 86.7% of Internet users have one or more e-mail accounts and 2.0 active e-mail accounts on average which they use at least once a month. 41.7% of Internet users also use the Instant messenger for 6.3 hours per week on average. Therefore, the Internet becomes a general communication tool. For the Internet using patterns of e-commerce, 47.3% of Internet users age 12 or over have bought goods/services online and 31.6% of them have used Internet banking service. Moreover, 58.2% of shareholders/ investors have used the Internet for stock trading or investment, which means that the Internet is one of the essential tools for economic transactions. Penetration and stabilization of Internet use in communities and our social lives are resulted from Informatization opportunities promoted nation-wide by the government to narrow the digital-divide. Futhermore, the Korean government has plan to maintain the IT training program for the digital-deprived and to realize an ubiquitous society participated by every citizen and beneficial for them. See more details in the website http://isis.nida.or.kr -----Original Message----- From: Cho, Chan Hyeong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:04 PM To: '김정림' Subject: FW: [DDN] 70% of Koreans Use Internet (fwd) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:digitaldivide- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DDN] 70% of Koreans Use Internet (fwd) In a message dated 2/1/2005 6:49:49 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 70% of Koreans Use Internet Up to seven out of 10 South Koreans go online periodically, reaffirming the nation's staunch status as an Internet powerhouse, according to a government survey Andy: What speeds do they use? And need? And what are they doing? Just a few numbers beneath the numbers. Jim Baller and I were talking about this a while ago. Don Samuelson _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
