Ten respondents said their children did not have access to or did not use the internet. The other 12 said their children used the internet for about one to one and half hours daily. One person said her older teenage son used the internet for four or five hours a day.

The most common purpose for children to access the internet was for email and chat groups. Five others played recreational games and one played educational games on the internet. One person visited children’s educational sites with his young daughter.

Table 30 shows the response distribution and comments.

Table 30. Children’s internet behavior
Internet behavior
(children) 		Number of
responses		 Occupation Comments
Children have no internet access or do not use 10 A n=4
B n=2
C n=3
D n=1		 My kids don’t go on the internet.
He doesn’t have access to the internet.
Children spend between 0.1 and 5 hours per day on internet 12 0 n=5
A n=1
B n=3
C n=2
D n=1		 My child uses it for about half an hour per day.
My daughter goes on the internet for two hours a day.
Children use internet for email/chat groups 7 0 n=3
A n=1
B n=1
C n=1
D n=1		 Mostly she uses the internet to chat and email.
My daughter usually emails and chats.
Ordinarily she’ll chat or email.
Children use internet for recreational games 5 0 n=4
C n=1		 He plays recreational games for about three hours a week.
Children use internet for educational games 1 B n=1 He uses the internet for games. About half an hour a week he’ll play educational games.
Children use internet for preschool educational websites 1 B n=1 We check out websites for Sesame Street and Dora together.