Table 9: Employment status and level of access
| EMPLOYMENT
STATUS |
Used the Internet |
Main reasons why no Internet
access
from home |
In past
3 months |
At home |
Cost |
Interest |
Need |
| 1999 |
| Self-employed |
58% |
52% |
40% |
34% |
26% |
| Full-time |
61% |
45% |
38% |
34% |
28% |
| Part-time |
54% |
41% |
48% |
24% |
28% |
| Seasonal |
55% |
41% |
68% |
18% |
14% |
| Term/casual |
61% |
43% |
67% |
17% |
17% |
| Unemployed |
48% |
32% |
72% |
18% |
11% |
| Student |
76% |
55% |
64% |
15% |
21% |
| Retired |
20% |
20% |
22% |
50% |
28% |
| Homemaker |
33% |
30% |
48% |
30% |
23% |
| Other |
34% |
29% |
56% |
38% |
6% |
| Total |
51% |
40% |
42% |
33% |
25% |
| 2000 |
| Self-employed |
65% |
64% |
32% |
33% |
35% |
| Full-time |
73% |
58% |
45% |
24% |
31% |
| Part-time |
69% |
58% |
53% |
21% |
25% |
| Seasonal |
44% |
42% |
59% |
16% |
25% |
| Term/casual |
67% |
64% |
80% |
20% |
0% |
| Unemployed |
52% |
43% |
47% |
22% |
31% |
| Student |
89% |
71% |
75% |
10% |
15% |
| Retired |
25% |
26% |
19% |
41% |
39% |
| Homemaker |
35% |
34% |
40% |
34% |
26% |
| Other |
44% |
37% |
54% |
29% |
18% |
| Total |
60% |
51% |
36% |
27% |
36% |
| 2001 |
| Self-employed |
76% |
70% |
13% |
57% |
30% |
| Full-time |
80% |
65% |
41% |
35% |
24% |
| Part-time |
74% |
62% |
48% |
28% |
24% |
| Seasonal |
64% |
49% |
50% |
29% |
21% |
| Term/casual |
85% |
64% |
- |
100% |
- |
| Unemployed |
67% |
55% |
47% |
39% |
13% |
| Student |
97% |
80% |
92% |
= |
8% |
| Retired |
31% |
32% |
10% |
50% |
40% |
| Homemaker |
51% |
49% |
43% |
20% |
37% |
| Other |
54% |
52% |
30% |
27% |
43% |
| Total |
68% |
59% |
28% |
40% |
31% |
Percentages may not equal 100 per cent due to rounding
Respondents who do not have access to the
Internet at home were asked to identify the main reason why they do not
have home access. The results show a reasonable split between three main
reasons: a plurality indicate a lack of interest (40 per cent), followed
by one in three who say they have no need for Internet access at home
(31 per cent) and cost (28 per cent).
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