| Table 3.4 looks at the main barriers to
Internet access at home by education levels. Overall, the order and magnitude
of importance of these three main barriers has changed since 1997.
Table 3.4
NEAR and FAR users
Main Reasons for the lack of Internet Access from Home
| EDUCATION |
Cost |
Interest |
Need |
| 1997 |
| LSHS |
27% |
30% |
43% |
| COLL |
29% |
30% |
41% |
| UNI |
28% |
28% |
44% |
| Total |
27% |
30% |
43% |
| 1999 |
| LSHS |
41% |
37% |
22% |
| COLL |
46% |
33% |
21% |
| UNI |
41% |
25% |
34% |
| Total |
42% |
33% |
25% |
| 2000 |
| LSHS |
35% |
35% |
30% |
| COLL |
43% |
25% |
32% |
| UNI |
43% |
20% |
37% |
| Total |
38% |
30% |
32% |
In 1997, a plurality of respondents, regardless of education levels,
indicated that the lack of need was the main reason for not having Internet
access from home. By 1999, among respondents from all educational levels,
there was a shift towards cost as the main barrier to the lack of Internet
access at home. Respondents with a university degree were a little more
likely to cite lack of need as the second most important barrier. Canadians
with a college or high school level of education were more likely to indicate
lack of interest in home access to the Internet as the second most important
barrier.
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