Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>10</strong>: <strong>Education</strong><br />
Figure <strong>10</strong>.8.2 Internet access by age group <strong>and</strong> regularity in the UK, 2009 189<br />
Percentage<br />
<strong>10</strong>0<br />
90<br />
80<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
<strong>10</strong><br />
0<br />
16-24 25-44 45-54 55-64 65+<br />
Age<br />
Every day<br />
At least once a month<br />
Once a month or less<br />
Source: Internet Access Households <strong>and</strong> Individuals.<br />
<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
Socio-economic groups<br />
Almost all adults (95%) aged under 70 who had a degree or equivalent<br />
qualification were estimated to live in a household with internet access. Those<br />
who had no formal qualifications were least likely to have an internet connection,<br />
at 52%. 190<br />
In terms of access, low income interacts with a range of issues relating to the<br />
financing of access. For example, those with incomes over £40,000 per annum<br />
are more than twice as likely to be online compared to those earning less than<br />
£12,500. 191<br />
Those who are working are more likely than those who are unemployed to use<br />
the internet regularly (62% of people who are working use the internet regularly,<br />
compared to 46% of the unemployed). 192<br />
189<br />
Jones, P. 20<strong>10</strong>b. Figure 4, page 9.<br />
190<br />
ONS 2009.<br />
191<br />
Jones, P. 20<strong>10</strong>b. Page 11.<br />
192<br />
Jones, P. 20<strong>10</strong>b. Page 12.
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