Industry, trade and services Authors: AnnaLÖÖF, Heidi SEYBERT
D a t ai nf o c u s 46/2009
Internet usage in 2009 Households and Individuals Broadband access to the internet expanded to more than half of EU households Figure 1: Internet access and broadband internet connections by households, EU27 (%)
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80 65 60 60 54 49
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Inte rne tacce s s
2006 56 49 2007 42 2008 30 2009
Broadband connections
Source: Eurostat (isoc_pibi_hba,isoc_pibi_hiac) Regular internet use by men and women increased by more than 10 percentage points in each age group between 2006 and 2009; generation gaps remained Figure 2: Individuals who used the internet on average at least once a week, by age group and gender, EU27 (%) 100 88 87 80 71 71 70 66 60 55 Wome n 48 M e n 38 40 26 25 20 14