Variance by Household Income

Home usage declines and usage of what respondents considered “public access sites” and school increases as income falls. However, the extent of these shifts, while significant, should not be over stated. It remains more than three in four of all users report recent home Internet usage, regardless of household income level [Table 5c].

• 77 per cent of Internet users from the lowest income households (less than $20K) report recent Internet usage from home, trailing highest income households by 12-percentage points.
• At only 7 per cent, lowest income Internet users are significantly less likely to report recent workplace Internet usage; 56 per cent of highest income users have used the Internet at work in the past three months.
• 29 per cent of lowest income Internet users have used the Internet from school in the past three months.
• 15 per cent of lowest income Internet users have accessed the Internet from a public access site.

Variance by Household Type

Home usage continues to be dominant, however, location of usage varies significantly by household type [Table 5c].

• Reported recent home usage is highest for couples with children at 87 per cent, and lowest for single adults, at 73 per cent (87 per cent for couples without children is not statistically significant).
• Recent public access site usage peaks at 9 per cent for “single adult” households.