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Characteristics of household Internet users, by location of access

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Characteristics of household Internet users, by location of access
(Any location)

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Any location
	% of all households
All households	41.8	51.3	60.2	61.6	64.2
Household type
Single family with unmarried children under age 18	59.0	71.2	80.5	81.2	83.7
Single family without unmarried children under age 18	38.7	46.7	55.6	58.9	63.0
One-person household	22.1	27.9	36.2	37.5	39.8
Multi-family household	55.1	64.3	73.9	75.3	73.2
Age of head of household
Under age 35	53.0	66.3	76.2	75.4	79.5
Age 35 to 54	54.9	65.7	74.1	75.5	78.8
Age 55 to 64	32.7	42.4	52.5	56.3	59.2
Age 65 and over	10.1	13.9	19.3	21.6	24.9
Education of head of household
Less than high school	16.1	22.4	29.9	30.2	31.6
High school or college	44.4	55.2	64.6	65.7	69.0
University degree	70.1	79.1	85.8	86.8	87.8
Household income
Lowest quartile	18.8	23.9	31.6	33.0	35.0
Second quartile	29.2	42.8	51.8	50.9	56.3
Third quartile	48.1	60.6	70.1	74.7	75.3
Highest quartile	71.2	77.9	87.3	87.9	90.3
Note: The tables of the Household Internet survey (HIUS) available from 1997 to 2003 are replaced by the tables of the Canadian Internet use survey (CIUS) beginning with 2005. The unit surveyed is now the individual rather than the household. Only adults aged 18 years and over were surveyed. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables (for fee) 358-0003, 358-0004, 358-0005 and 358-0017. Last modified: 2005-02-18.

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