Table 6 Purpose and nature of activities on the Internet the last 3 months. Percentage of Internet users the last 3 months, by sex, age, education and employment situation. 2005

6	Purpose and nature of activities on the Internet the last 3 months. Percentage of Internet users the last 3 months, by sex, age, education and employment situation. 2005

	Communications	Sent and received e-mail	Telephony/video conference	Chat/instant messaging	Information search and online services	Purchase, selling and banking	Interaction with public authorities	Training and education


All persons	86	85	10	37	95	83	65	9

Sex
Males	88	87	13	39	96	86	68	8
Females	85	84	5	34	92	80	60	9

Age
16 - 24 years	90	88	19	75	97	77	52	10
25 - 34 years	90	88	13	47	97	90	70	15
35 - 44 years	87	87	44	27	97	85	74	6
45 - 54 years	82	80	5	20	96	85	63	6
55 - 64 years	83	83	2	16	86	76	59	6
65 - 74 years	82	82	2	6	82	82	55	0

Education
Primary school	85	80	9	52	98	71	49	6
Secondary school	83	82	9	37	94	82	60	8
University/ college +	92	92	9	29	96	88	75	10

Employment situation
Student	94	92	16	71	97	79	56	18
Employed	86	85	8	30	95	85	66	7
Self-employed	91	88	10	42	98	92	76	10
Retired	74	74	6	16	81	72	56	1
Unemployed	88	93	20	63	96	82	72	9