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Purposes of the use of the Internet in spring 2008, per cent of Internet users by age group

Correction: Figures corrected 27 November, 2008. The corrections are indicated in red.

Purpose of use All 16-29 yrs 30-49 yrs 50-74 yrs
Sending or receiving e-mails 90 95 91 83
Finding information about goods or services 88 92 92 79
Internet banking 87 84 92 82
Browsing travel and accommodation websites 70 63 75 68
Reading or downloading online magazines 69 68 73 66
Seeking health-related information 62 60 66 57
Obtaining information from public authorities' web sites 56 54 63 49
Looking for information about education, training or course offers 44 57 46 28
Listening to web radios or watching web television 40 53 41 25
Listening to music online or downloading music on PC or other device 39 64 37 16
Reading weblogs 38 53 35 28
Consulting the Internet with the purpose of learning 37 60 34 18
Instant messaging 35 69 28 12
Looking for a job or sending a job application 32 55 31 11
Downloading programmes to the PC 32 45 32 18
Chatting or writing on discussion boards 30 54 26 11
Using browser based news feeds e.g. RSS for reading new content on websites
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Buying secondhand goods at online auctions or flea markets 23 30 25 13
Internet phone calls 18 19 18 16
Selling goods or services e.g. via auctions 17 22 19 10
Doing an online course 17 29 15 8
Playing games online 14 31 8 4
Subscribing to news services or products to receive them regularly 14 11 17 12
Videoconference 10 12 10 7
Downloading games to the PC 9 17 7 3
Using peer-to-peer file sharing for exchanging movies, music, video files 7 18 5 0
Creating or maintaining own weblog or blog 5 9 4 2

Last updated 27.11.2008

Referencing instructions:

Statistics: Use of information and communications technology by individuals [e-publication].
ISSN=2341-8710. 2008, Purposes of the use of the Internet in spring 2008, per cent of Internet users by age group . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 30.11.2025].
Access method: http://stat.fi/til/sutivi/2008/sutivi_2008_2008-08-25_tau_001_en.html